
News by Country: India
17 May 2020
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Left, Cong-backed unions to strike over labour law freeze
(Hindustan Times, 16 May 2020)
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Joint statement
by India Central Trade Unions Action Programme (CTUs, 15
May 2020)
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Trade unions to go on strike on May 22 to protest against labour laws
suspension (The Hindu, 15 May 2020)
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Covid economic package: Govt safety net for migrant workers and poor has
little for now, more for later (The
Indian Express, 15 May 2020)
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World Bank approves $1 bn for India as social security fund for urban
poor, migrants (Hindustan
Times, 15 May
2020)
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Complaint
Letter by India Central Trade Unions to the ILO (CTUs, 14
May 2020)
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HMS Letter to
India Prime Minister on Migrant Workers (HMS, 14
May 2020)
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Why isn’t there a Vande Bharat mission to get India’s migrant workers
home? (Scroll.in, 14 May
2020)
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Joint
Statement by India Central Trade Unions (HMS, 11
May 2020)
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Central Trade
Unions Letter to India Prime Minister on Migrant Workers Act (CTUs, 10
May 2020)
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COVID-19 Effect: Relaxation in labour laws, exemptions to cos in various
states draw trade union ire (The Indian Express, 8 May
2020)
·
HMS 1st May
Statement (HMS, 1 May 2020)
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Data | 96% migrant
workers did not get rations from the government, 90% did not receive wages
during lockdown: Survey (The Hindu, 20 April 2020)
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Plea in Supreme Court
for allowing migrant workers return to hometowns after coronavirus tests (Times of India, 18 April 2020)
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India
coronavirus: The underpaid and unprotected women leading the Covid-19 war (BBC, 17 April 2020)
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India: Trade unions express dissatisfaction with govt using COVID-19 as
cover to make anti-worker amendment to existing labour law
(Business and Human Rights Centre, 14 April 2020)
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Covid-19 impact: PM must consult with trade unions for workers’ revival
package, says labour economist (The
Hindu Business Line, 9 April 2020)
· Relief to construction workers: 18
states transfer Rs 1,000-5,000 each in 1.8 crore beneficiary A/Cs
(Financial
Express, 8 April 2020)
· Coronavirus crisis: 40 cr informal
sector workers in India will become poorer, says ILO
(PTI,
8 April 2020)
· Vulnerable Indians need urgent help to cope with COVID-19
pandemic: a UN Resident Coordinator blog (UN, 7 April
2020)
· Lockdown is only the beginning of misery
for India’s migrant labourers (Quartz, 7
April 2020)
· Workers wage daily war for survival
during lockdown: survey (Deccan Herald, 6 April
2020)
· United Nurses Association Move Supreme
Court for Formulation of National COVID19 Management Protocol
(Live
Law, 6 April 2020)
· CITU opposes govt decision the slashing
down the interest rate on small savings, PPF etc.
(CITU,
4 April 2020)
· CITU Letter to the Prime Minister on
Problems of Migrant workers (CITU, 4 April
2020)
· World’s largest lockdown triggers
massive exodus of migrant workers (BWI, 4
April 2020)
· India will face most job losses in
Asia-Pacific: IATA (Mumbai Mirror, 4 April
2020)
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India COVID-19 lockdown means no food or work for rural poor (Al
Jazeera, 3 April 2020)
· Covid-19 crisis and long-term
transformations: alternatives from India (openDemocracy,
3 April 2020)
· Migrant workers’ plight prompts UN call for ‘domestic
solidarity’ in coronavirus battle (UN, 2 April
2020)
· World Bank fast-tracks $1 billion
COVID-19 support for India (World Bank, 2 April 2020)
· Protective gear shortage makes Indian
health workers vulnerable to coronavirus (Straits
Times, 1 April 2020)
· India’s coronavirus lockdown leaves
garment workers stranded in cramped factory housing
(The
Globe and Mail, 31 March 2020)
· Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples
with migrant workers' exodus (Al Jazeera,
29 March 2020)
· Coronavirus (COVID-19) Safety and
Security Campaign (SEWA) (ITUC, 27 March 2020)
· Hind Mazdoor Sabha’s letter to Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi (HMS) (ITUC, 26
March 2020)
· Central Unions Joint Statement -
Covid-19 (ITUC, 26 March 2020)
· Finance Minister announces Rs 1.70 Lakh
Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri (Govt. of
India, 26 March 2020)
· Women’s Water and Sanitation Committees fight to secure water
facilities on tea plantations: IUF (IUF, 26
March 2020)
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SEWA’s appeal for helping informal
sector workers during the COVID-19 crisis (SEWA)
(ITUC, 25 March 2020)