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Updated on: Feb 2022

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Vizag Steel Plant workers intensify protest against privatisation

Feb 14, 2022

lakh power sector employees will go on nationwide strike

The All India Power Engineers Federation AIPEF on Monday said that around lakhnbsppower secto...

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Jan 18, 2022

Contractual workers protest got violent at power plant, cops hurt

Some police personnel were injured when a protest staged by contractual workers of the Atal Bihar...

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Jan 3, 2022

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Bank employees to go strike, today tomorrow to protest privatisation

Bank operations in India will be affected on December - with about lakh bank employees going ...

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Dec 16, 2021

Industry

RBI unions threaten to go on mass casual leave on November 30, 2021

The United Forum of Reserve Bank (RBI) Officers and Employees has threatened to go on mass casual leave on November 30, to protest against the delay in wage revision. The forum has also written a letter to Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das requesting his intervention in the matter. “We have no alternative but […]

Nov 16, 2021

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Madhya Pradesh power sector employees boycott work ahead of Diwali

Employees of the state-run power sector companies boycotted work in Madhya Pradesh on Monday to press for their various demands, including payment of DA arrears, deferred increment amount, salary hike, and bonus before the Diwali festival. The Madhya Pradesh United Forum for Power Employees and Engineers (MPUFPEE) had given a call for the protest last […]

Nov 2, 2021

Industry

Ford India workers protest over planned plant closure

Hundreds of workers at a Ford Motor Co factory in India’s western Gujarat state protested outside the automaker’s plant on Tuesday, demanding that the factory’s closure plan be scrapped or workers to be provided other jobs. The blue-uniformed workers gathered outside what is Ford’s car manufacturing and engine-making facility in Gujarat’s Sanand city and said the plant’s closure planned for the […]

Sep 22, 2021

Industry

Kia workers OK wage deal without strike for 1st time in 10 years

Seoul: Unionised workers at Kia, South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, have voted to accept the company’s wage proposals without a strike for the first time in a decade. Kia said 68 percent of 26,945 workers voted in favor of wage offers that include an increase of 75,000 won ($64.30) in monthly basic pay, two months of wages in performance-based pay, […]

Aug 29, 2021

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Mondelez workers on strike at Virginia bakery plant

Hundreds of workers at a Mondelez International bakery in Virginia are on strike, seeking to block the company’s demands for concessions in contract negotiations and end what the union calls the outsourcing of jobs to Mexico. About 400 workers from the plant in Henrico started striking Monday, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. The plant makes foods like Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and Chips […]

Aug 20, 2021

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Power sector engineers threaten to go on strike on Aug 10 against new bill

Mathura: Power sector employees have threatened to go on strike or no work protest on August 10 against the government’s decision to introduce the electricity amendment bill 2021 in the current monsoon session of Parliament, according to All India Power Engineers Federation. The federation claimed that 15 lakh employees of power departments across the country would go […]

Aug 9, 2021

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Ordnance factory workers to go on indefinite strike from July 26

Defence civilian employees of two ordnance factories in Tiruchi affiliated to five national-level federations of trade unions will join their counterparts across the country in indefinite strike from July 26 in protest against the Union Cabinet’s decision to split the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) into seven fully government-owned corporate entities. The strike will impact the […]

Jun 30, 2021

Industry

Samsung Display labour union set for 1st ever strike next week

The labour union of major display maker Samsung Display said on Wednesday its union leadership plans to go on strike next week, as the union and the management failed to narrow differences in wage talks, marking the first-ever walkout for the company and any Samsung Group affiliate. The labour union said its six officials will […]

Jun 18, 2021

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Ola, Uber drivers go on strike in Delhi-NCR asking fare hike

Ola, Uber drivers go on strike in Delhi-NCR asking fare hike A section of drivers working with cab aggregators Ola and Uber are on strike on Monday as they demand a fare hike affecting services in several parts of Delhi-NCR. The drivers are demanding the base fare to be at least Rs 100. At present, […]

Mar 22, 2021

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Banks unions call for two-day strike against proposed privatisation of PSBs

Banks unions call for two-day strike against proposed privatisation of PSBs United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella body of nine unions, has given a call for a two-day strike from March 15 to protest against the proposed privatisation of two state-owned lenders. In the Union Budget presented last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]

Mar 12, 2021

Industry

Toyota Kirloskar Motor employees’ union calls off strike

Toyota Kirloskar Motor employees’ union calls off strike Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) employees’ union has officially called off the ongoing labour strike at its factory in Karnataka’s Bidadi, the company confirmed on Tuesday. A majority of members from a total of 3,350 employees had already voluntarily resumed work earlier. “The labour strike that has been continuing has […]

Mar 3, 2021

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Amazon faces biggest union push in its history

Amazon faces biggest union push in its history The second Jennifer Bates walks away from her post at the Amazon warehouse where she works, the clock starts ticking. She has precisely 30 minutes to get to the cafeteria and back for her lunch break. That means traversing a warehouse the size of 14 football fields, […]

Feb 13, 2021