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Zepto workers’ strike: In India’s gig economy, the continuing struggle for dignity
May 28, 2025 5:44 pm
The Zepto strike, like recent actions at Swiggy and Blinkit, exposes the hollowness of legal recognition without enforceable rights. Real recognition must begin by acknowledging gig workers not as data points or beneficiaries, but as rights-bearing workers demanding justice and dignity
Human Rights Day: Unorganised workers press for legislation, warn of Lok Sabha poll strategy if demands unmet
December 10, 2023 6:50 pm
The workers, from around 21 formal groups, met under the banner of Asangathhit Shramik Hitrakshak Manch, Gujarat (ASHMG) at Ganga Govind Mangal Bhuvan Hall in the Lal Darwaja area to voice their concerns and challenges.
IE Thinc Migration series: ‘E-Shram needs social security linkages’
June 03, 2022 7:52 am
At the eighth edition of the IE Thinc Migration series, presented by The Indian Express with Omidyar Network India and moderated by Deputy Associate Editor Udit Misra, sectoral experts talked about the need for a rights-based approach over a charity-led one to the design of the portal.
Scheme portability: Labour Ministry looks to widen pension ambit
March 10, 2022 12:06 am
Plan is for organised workers who move into unorganised sector
Employment exchanges in Gujarat provided 17.31 lakh jobs in five years: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel
December 31, 2021 4:47 am
Addressing an event organised by the labour and employment department in Ahmedabad, Bhupendra Patel said employment exchanges in the state provided jobs to 1.66 lakh candidates this year.
20% of unorganised workers registered; Odisha, Bengal lead
November 16, 2021 7:15 am
With nearly a fifth of the targeted 38.37 crore unorganised workers now registered on the database, Odisha leads with an 87% coverage of its target, followed by West Bengal (65%), Chhattisgarh (33%), Jharkhand (31%) and Bihar (25%).
Portal for unorganised workers’ database to be launched tomorrow
August 25, 2021 12:52 am
On Tuesday, he launched the logo of the e-SHRAM portal, through which the government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers such as construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors, and domestic workers, among others.
'Already suffered a lot': Workers in Bengaluru's unorganised sector fear another lockdown
April 20, 2021 8:24 am
Many street vendors said their business is down since March and if the government brings more curbs, it would only add to their miseries.
Pay Rs. 5,000 a month to all in informal sector, Cong tells govt
April 30, 2020 10:54 pm
A party’s task force under former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in Maharashtra has sought the cash handout for the entire unorganised labour force, including farm labourers, hawkers, small shopkeepers and others.
‘What will we eat?’ labourers and people from unorganised sectors stare at uncertain future
March 24, 2020 10:54 pm
As a result of the lockdown, thousands, including daily wage labourers, street vendors and those in the unorganised sector, are staring at a massive crisis, with many without the means to even buy food.
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