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Bharat Bandh today: Why Centre must listen to the concerns of trade unions

July 09, 2025 9:49 am

The current call for Bharat Bandh stems from the government’s unwillingness to respond to the unions’ demands for reform in the new labour codes. Even their 17-point demand charter, which was submitted by the unions to the Labour Ministry earlier this year, has been ignored

Starbucks shareholders approve review of labor union practices

March 30, 2023 8:43 am

Results came the same day ex-Chief Executive Howard Schultz testified before a U.S. Senate committee, defending the company against claims that it illegally fired pro-union employees, among other allegations.

Vehicles drive past the New York Times headquarters in New York

Why an employee union at The New York Times is going on strike

December 09, 2022 6:26 pm

This is the first time NYT journalists are stopping work since 1981.

Amazon bid to scrap historic union win blocked

September 02, 2022 11:57 am

Thursday's win is a relief for the Amazon Labor Union, the grassroots group of former and current workers whose unexpected victory in April followed weeks of aggressive campaigning from both sides.

Maharashtra: 19 cops injured in fight between steel factory workers

May 09, 2022 1:22 am

The Boisar police, under whose jurisdiction the incident took place, have arrested as many as 27 people for rioting, assaulting police and attempted murder, among other charges.

The US labour movement is popular, prominent and also shrinking

January 29, 2022 3:11 pm

🔴A record 4.5 million workers in the United States left their jobs in November 2021, and more than 4 million workers left their jobs in every month from July through November 2021

Labour unions gear up for strike

January 08, 2019 3:37 am

The labour unions’ demands include withdrawal of “anti-labour” changes in laws, immediate steps to control unemployment, minimum wages for all labourers, social security benefits such as employees provident fund to all labourers.

CIL will make up for output loss of 1 MT: Piyush Goyal

January 09, 2015 1:37 am

The strike, which was called on Tuesday by the five trade unions of CIL came about after the unions had already boycotted two meetings called by the government.

Coal facts

January 09, 2015 12:40 am

It’s time the Centre took decisive steps to allow full-fledged commercial mining.

Letters to the editor: Must-have accessory

October 20, 2014 12:48 am

A leader is not considered powerful or important unless he has a gunman in tow.

Congress releases second list for Bihar elections, fields 5 candidates

India11 hr ago

Congress released its second list of candidates for the Bihar Assembly elections, but the Mahagathbandhan is still working on a seat-sharing arrangement for the first phase of polling. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will contest six seats on its own. The elections will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, with results on November 14.

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