Policy News
India: Parliament anti-worker, anti-farmer laws amid opposition’s walkout
Labour codes
Farmers Acts
USA: New York city to furlough 9,000 government workers
India: Rajasthan state to extend benefits of BOCW Act to MNREGA workers completing 90 days of work in a year
India: Jharkhand state to hold social audits to generate more work under MNREGA
Legal News
India: Court pulls up Central government over its response regarding exodus of migrant workers
Pakistan: Capital punishment to 2 over factory fire resulting in 260 deaths in 2012
India: Supreme Court orders government to ensure ration to sex workers
Workers’ Rights
USA: Google and Microsoft staff set to join the UK’s first tech trade union
India: Over 9000 cases of job loss were registered with the labour department in the state of Karnataka
USA: University of Illinois Healthcare workers strike for better working conditions and wages
Canada: Over 10,000 Quebec day workers strike for wage increase
India: Parliamentary committee pulls up PSU for blocking promotions of SC/ST workers
USA: Walmart cuts workers' hours but increases workload as sales rise amid pandemic
UK: British Gas forces its entire workforce into a ‘fire and rehire’ process
India: Unions join forces against anti-worker labour laws amendments, call for general strike
Indonesia: Ceramic manufacturer PT Jui Shin illegally lays off around 200 workers
Ukraine: Miners demand better health care and pension, refuse to come over ground as protest
Precarious Workers
India: Government accepts over 10 million workers walked home during lockdown
Tibet: China expands forced labour camps in tibet
India: Contract frontline workers demand pay parity, better working conditions
Zimbabwe: Health care workers call off strike as government assures to fulfil demands
India: 288 Safai Karmcharis died in the last 3 years, accepts government
Studies and Opinions
A case for legislation for gig-workers
World's workers lost $3.5 trillion in wages amid pandemic
Will the labour codes take India back to the 19th century
COVID-19 hasn’t killed sexual harassment at work – it’s just moved online
Why the new labour codes leave India’s workers even more precariously poised than before
