Healthcare workers will get promised payments

Healthcare workers will get promised payments

But employers whose staff do NHS work but not on Agenda for Change contracts will not get the government funding. Dan Gregory, director of Social Enterprise UK, said: “While we’re relieved to see some of our members receive this long-awaited funding, the process itself is fundamentally unfair, failing to recognise their crucial role in delivering … Read more

Will you filter vegetarian delivery workers, gig union asks Zomato

Will you filter vegetarian delivery workers, gig union asks Zomato

Reacting to Zomato’s plans of rolling out a ‘pure veg fleet’, the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union (TGPWU), a body that works for the welfare of gig workers, sought to know whether the food delivery app would also filter out delivery workers who are vegetarian. TGPWU president Shaik Salauddin, in a statement, said: “If … Read more

Power-loom workers union stages day-long hunger strike in Sircilla

Power-loom workers union stages day-long hunger strike in Sircilla

Members of the CITU-affiliated Power-loom Workers’ Union on Friday staged a 24-hour hunger strike in Sircilla demanding urgent steps by the government to place fresh orders for production of Bathukamma saris and other fabric to mitigate the financial woes of the power-loom workers in the textile town. Addressing the demonstrators, the union leaders said thousands … Read more

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

What are labour rules for workers abroad? | Explained

What are labour rules for workers abroad? | Explained

A worker waits for his interview and skill test at the Maharshi Dayanand University in Rohtak on January 17, 2024 during a Haryana government recruitment drive to send workers to Israel. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: The Uttar Pradesh and Haryana governments, with the help of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), … Read more

Recruitment of workers for mosquito control measures in Kochi may take time

Recruitment of workers for mosquito control measures in Kochi may take time

It may take at least a fortnight for the city to get the services of 150 workers for mosquito control measures even as pest attack remains unabated in the city. Mayor M. Anilkumar had announced at the last meeting of the Kochi Corporation that 150 more workers would be hired to augment pest control measures … 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

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

Gloves, masks provided regularly to sanitary workers: Chennai Corporation tells Madras High Court

Gloves, masks provided regularly to sanitary workers: Chennai Corporation tells Madras High Court

Sanitary workers in Chennai cleared tonnes of debris that had piled up in the city after Cyclone Michaung | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan on Friday told the Madras High Court that gloves, masks and shoes were provided regularly to sanitary workers involved in segregating biodegradable and nonbiodegradable … Read more