PoK: Labourers in Gilgit-Baltistan organise protests for fixed employment contract

May 02, 2024

The workers raised their demands to earn a fixed compensation rate for a day of hard work.

"We work, they advertise": Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Jagadhatri Puja in Kolkata

Nov 17, 2023

"We work and they advertise. If they had given the money spent on advertisements to labourers, then there would not have been the MGNREGA...

Trade unions stage protest in Chennai; CITU State president condemns labour codes

Feb 12, 2026

An all-India general strike is being observed nationwide, with participation by workers in both urban and rural areas, including agricultural labourers. He stated that...

Uttarkashi: Heavy drilling machines brought to speed up rescue op of 40 trapped workers

Nov 15, 2023

Meanwhile, protests broke on Wednesday outside the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi as workers protested over the delay in rescuing 40 labourers who have...

Bengal: Security tightened in Murshidabad as protests erupt over lynching of migrant labourers in Bihar

Jan 17, 2026

Protesters from Beldanga Block Road blocked roads, demanding justice for the victims. Security forces were deployed to restore order.

"Bills being brought to turn people into bonded labourers": SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav slams Centre over Bharat Bandh protests

Feb 12, 2026

Speaking to reporters, Yadav said that all the policies being brought up by the Centre are meant to turn people into bonded labourers.