Chennai, May 1
Bhadra workers go-slow leads to cargo pile-up
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Kolkata, May 1
Google on Wednesday celebrated the occasion of International Workers' Day or Labour Day with a doodle.
Labour Day is celebrated as an annual holiday in almost 80 countries.
The d...
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New Delhi, April 30
Ministry blames States, Plan panel
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Bangkok, Apr 29
China’s affluent cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen will raise their minimum wages by 19 per cent in the manufacturing heartland of Guangdong province tomorrow, to coincide with International Labour...
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New Delhi, April 24
The number of strikes in the public sector rose to 122 last year against 57 in 2011, leading to production loss of over Rs 143 crore. In comparison, the number of strikes in the private...
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New Delhi, April 23
Work worth over Rs 4,000 crore still incomplete
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 17
The Kerala government has struck a deal with private sector hospitals to increase the pay structure of nurses by 25 to 35 per cent, for which the nurses had launched a long struggle.
The...
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 17
Bureau of Economics and Statistics and Non-Resident Keralite Affairs Department would jointly conduct a State-wide household survey to collect details of expatriates from May 1. Chief Mi...
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New Delhi, May 7
The country’s agriculture sector is projected to lose four million workers in the 12th Plan period, the Government informed Parliament today. As per the 11th Plan document of the Plannin...
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May 1, 2013
Maharashtra is going through a searing drought — one that is caused by reckless urbanisation and skewed use of water.
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Chennai, April 30
Cargo offloaded from nearly 50 freighters are lying uncleared at the Chennai air cargo terminal’s tarmac due to go-slow by workers of Badra International for the last four days. The import cargo i...
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Chandigarh, April 30
On the eve of May Day, the Punjab government today announced to increase the minimum wages of unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers with effect from March 1.
“The wages of labourers...
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Athens, April 29
The Greek Parliament has voted to adopt a law that provides for the dismissal of 15,000 civil servants as part of austerity measures imposed by the country’s international creditors.After h...
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New Delhi, April 23
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is in the process of setting up 15 medical colleges, including dental and para-medical, in several States, the Labour Ministry said on Monday.
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Bangalore, April 19
Increased salary and employee benefits take precedence over job security, according to a Randstad survey. The survey, conducted by staffing and HR services provider Randstad, polled 7,00...
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Chennai, April 17
Seeking to give a push to the production of famous Chettinadu Kandangi sarees, Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday said it would take steps to help weavers and help them get silk threads.
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Visakhapatnam, April 16
The crisis in the capitalist system is resulting in increased attacks on industrial workers globally, leading to ‘hire and fire’ culture, outsourcing and contract employment, according to Trade Un...
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