Over 99% Defence Employees Vote Against OFB Corporatisation in a Referendum
Results of an employees referendum, conducted this month in 41 ordnance factories across the country, highlight that the long-held position...
Bad Bank: Doubtful About its Efficiency, Bank Employees’ Union Bats For ‘Stringent Recovery Laws’
A bank employees union on Saturday demanded a “complete overhaul with stringent recovery laws” to deal with the growing problem...
Madras HC Issues Notice to Centre Over OFB Corporatisation
As the imminent ‘transfer’ of ordnance factories to newly created public sector undertakings (PSUs) loom large over defence employees, a recognised...
After Defence Workers Barred From Strike, Federations Take Legal Route to Battle OFB Corporatisation
A month after the Bill that empowered the Central Government to prohibit strike actions in essential defence services, was passed...
EDSO 2021: Nationwide Demonstrations Staged Against ‘Draconian’ Ordinance
Workers’ unions nationwide staged demonstrations on July 23 against the Essential Defence Services Ordinance 2021, brought by the Centre earlier...
‘Situation Similar to Migrants, Instruct Centre for Database on App-based Workers’: Union Writes to SC Bench
Days after the Supreme Court pulled up the Centre for the delay in setting up the web portal to register...
Officers’ Body Demands Vaccination for PSU Employees, Alleges Thousands Have Died on Duty
Be it diverting production capabilities to augment the supply of ventilators, medical oxygen, and other utilities; setting up make-shift care...
Among Reasons That Forced ASHAs to Strike: No Safety Gears, Pending Wages
On Monday (May 24), lakhs of Accredited Social Health Activists across the country, who have been assisting the government in...
In Delhi’s Industrial Areas, Paltry Savings of Workers Dry Up in Lockdown
Amidst a citywide lockdown that is now in its fifth week with a positivity rate that has come down to...
Over 7.5 Million Jobs Lost in April: Experts Call for Fresh Relief Package for Marginalised
The recent surge in COVID-19 cases has sent the pandemic spiralling anew in the country, with its impact visible not...
Delhi Lockdown: For Street Vendors, a Worse ‘Repeat’ of Last Year’s Ordeal
As the COVID-19 infection ravages the national capital, exposing critical gaps in healthcare infrastructure in the city in a situation...
DU College Terminates Jailed Prof Saibaba; ‘More Hardships Ahead,’ Rues His Wife
G.N. Saibaba, who is serving a life sentence in Nagpur prison for alleged Maoist links, has been terminated from his position...
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