Idukki’s hydel tourism centres in standstill following ongoing workers’ strike over salary revision

Idukki’s hydel tourism centres in standstill following ongoing workers’ strike over salary revision

A view of boating activity under the hydel tourism centre at Echo Point near Munnar in Idukki. Idukki’s hydel tourism centres have come to a stand still following the ongoing strike by Left employee unions in the district. The Hydel Tourism Workers Association under the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) have gone on strike … Read more

Public service delivery hit at govt. offices across Kerala as pro-Congress and BJP State employees strike work

Public service delivery hit at govt. offices across Kerala as pro-Congress and BJP State employees strike work

A march taken out by Kerala government employees and teachers to the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on January 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: S. Mahinsha A one-day token strike by pro-Opposition State employee unions for payment of dearness allowance (DA) dues and better service conditions partially hobbled the functioning of government offices across Kerala on January 24 … Read more

Outsourced municipal workers to stall strike temporarily

Outsourced municipal workers to stall strike temporarily

Outsourced municipal employees staging a semi-naked protest for their demands, at Dharna Chowk in Vijayawada on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S Giri Outsourced municipal workers’ leaders have announced that they will temporarily stall the Statewide indefinite strike, which continued for 16 days from December 26, as their talks with Special Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and … Read more

Junior doctors' strike: The 'huge effort' to keep a hospital running

Junior doctors' strike: The 'huge effort' to keep a hospital running

Meanwhile, a matron running a post-surgery recovery ward told me her nurses were having to take on emergency cases during the strike. This, she said, was a “whole different kettle of fish” which required different skills and experience. Her already overstretched staff were worried about doing their best for patients, she said, which was “frustrating”. … Read more

Municipal workers’ strike hits sanitation on ghats in Vijayawada during Bhavani Deeksha relinquishment

Municipal workers’ strike hits sanitation on ghats in Vijayawada during Bhavani Deeksha relinquishment

Discarded robes lay in heaps at Seethamma ghat in Vijayawada on Thursday afternoon as the second day of relinquishing Bhavani Deeksha saw a lot of devotee rush. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Sanitation and maintenance of the ghats during the five-day Bhavani Deeksha relinquishment in Vijayawada have been hit by the ongoing State-wide strike by … Read more