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A joint forum of 10 central trade unions has decided to boycott the virtual pre-budget consultation with Nirmala Sitharaman, demanding a physical meeting instead

Government had reserved 10 per cent of the total shares on sale for CIL employees and had offered a discount of 5 per cent to workers

A 48-hour Bharat Bandh or a nationwide strike called by various trade unions, including banking staff, to protest government policies began in several states on Monday, affecting normal life in some areas.

Uber Eats couriers have secured the ‘first conviction’ in Italy for crimes related to workers' exploitation. More than 40 delivery executives have won damages worth EUR 10,000 each and their former boss has been sentenced to jail.

An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. After five rounds of negotiations failed, the government on Sunday asked the protesting farmers to choose a date for the next round of talks. The relay hunger strike is th...

The BJP lined up ministers from the Centre and states on Monday and started a concerted attack on the opposition on the eve of the all-India strike called by farmers, which is supported by trade and transport unions and most non-BJP parties. The party is claiming that the massive protest -- which started in Punjab and Haryana and is threatening to ...

As the farmers' protest entered a 11th day today, support for Tuesday's "Bharat bandh" grew steadily, with opposition parties and trade and transport unions backing the shutdown call. On Saturday farmer leaders met union ministers for talks - third this week and fifth since September - but the five-hour discussion broke down on the core issue - rep...

Over 265 farmers' groups took to the streets today to block roads and carry out rallies and marches in a nationwide agitation against the controversial farm bills. The protests will intensify, the farmers said, unless the bills are repealed. Opposition parties like the Congress, the RJD and the Trinamool, as well as 10 central trade unions, have vo...

Ten central trade unions, including Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), on Friday called for a nationwide protest on July 3 against alleged anti-worker and anti-people policies of the government.

Central trade unions on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a financial package of Rs 5-7 lakh crore for the worst-affected segments of the working population, saying their survival is in jeopardy due to the lockdown in the country.

One more person tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, taking the number of affected persons to 30. The figure had taken a jump from Wednesday with a group of 14 Italian tourists testing positive for the virus. The rising number of cases has pushed the Delhi government to shut the primary schools till March 31. A similar decision is likely fo...

More than 10 national trade unions affiliated to left-wing parties, including the main opposition Congress, have called for a nationwide protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's labour reforms. Those include the privatisation of state run companies Air India and oil major BPCL, as well as a merger of public-sector banks.

The government has warned central trade unions of "consequences" if they go on a proposed 24-hour nationwide strike starting 6 am Wednesday. Around 25 crore workers are expected to participate in the strike which has been called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) to protest the "anti-labour policies" of the BJP government and press for dem...

The economy of Jammu and Kashmir has been in tatters since August following the government's move to end the state's special status and bifurcate it into two union territories, businessmen in the state say. Its top trade body, the Jammu and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce, said since August 5, the state has sustained a loss of business worth around Rs ...

Two trade unions of bank employees have proposed an all-India strike on October 22 to protest against the announced consolidation of 10 state-run lenders into four. "We can easily understand that mergers are a prelude to privatisation of banks and hence we need to vehemently oppose such moves," the Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) said in ...

A joint forum of 10 central trade unions has decided to boycott the virtual pre-budget consultation with Nirmala Sitharaman, demanding a physical meeting instead

Government had reserved 10 per cent of the total shares on sale for CIL employees and had offered a discount of 5 per cent to workers

A 48-hour Bharat Bandh or a nationwide strike called by various trade unions, including banking staff, to protest government policies began in several states on Monday, affecting normal life in some areas.

Uber Eats couriers have secured the ‘first conviction’ in Italy for crimes related to workers' exploitation. More than 40 delivery executives have won damages worth EUR 10,000 each and their former boss has been sentenced to jail.

An indefinite relay hunger strike starts today against the government's new agricultural laws as farmers harden stand amid protests that began late November around Delhi borders. After five rounds of negotiations failed, the government on Sunday asked the protesting farmers to choose a date for the next round of talks. The relay hunger strike is th...

The BJP lined up ministers from the Centre and states on Monday and started a concerted attack on the opposition on the eve of the all-India strike called by farmers, which is supported by trade and transport unions and most non-BJP parties. The party is claiming that the massive protest -- which started in Punjab and Haryana and is threatening to ...

As the farmers' protest entered a 11th day today, support for Tuesday's "Bharat bandh" grew steadily, with opposition parties and trade and transport unions backing the shutdown call. On Saturday farmer leaders met union ministers for talks - third this week and fifth since September - but the five-hour discussion broke down on the core issue - rep...

Over 265 farmers' groups took to the streets today to block roads and carry out rallies and marches in a nationwide agitation against the controversial farm bills. The protests will intensify, the farmers said, unless the bills are repealed. Opposition parties like the Congress, the RJD and the Trinamool, as well as 10 central trade unions, have vo...

Ten central trade unions, including Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), on Friday called for a nationwide protest on July 3 against alleged anti-worker and anti-people policies of the government.

Central trade unions on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce a financial package of Rs 5-7 lakh crore for the worst-affected segments of the working population, saying their survival is in jeopardy due to the lockdown in the country.

One more person tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday, taking the number of affected persons to 30. The figure had taken a jump from Wednesday with a group of 14 Italian tourists testing positive for the virus. The rising number of cases has pushed the Delhi government to shut the primary schools till March 31. A similar decision is likely fo...

More than 10 national trade unions affiliated to left-wing parties, including the main opposition Congress, have called for a nationwide protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's labour reforms. Those include the privatisation of state run companies Air India and oil major BPCL, as well as a merger of public-sector banks.

The government has warned central trade unions of "consequences" if they go on a proposed 24-hour nationwide strike starting 6 am Wednesday. Around 25 crore workers are expected to participate in the strike which has been called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) to protest the "anti-labour policies" of the BJP government and press for dem...

The economy of Jammu and Kashmir has been in tatters since August following the government's move to end the state's special status and bifurcate it into two union territories, businessmen in the state say. Its top trade body, the Jammu and Kashmir Chamber of Commerce, said since August 5, the state has sustained a loss of business worth around Rs ...

Two trade unions of bank employees have proposed an all-India strike on October 22 to protest against the announced consolidation of 10 state-run lenders into four. "We can easily understand that mergers are a prelude to privatisation of banks and hence we need to vehemently oppose such moves," the Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) said in ...