Search For "labour"
Pakistan: Power workers hold protest demanding hike in wages, pensions
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Thousands of electricity workers held a rally in Lahore's Bakhtiar Labour Hall to demand raise in wages and pensions of workers employed in government, semi-government, industrial and commercial sector, banks and media by 30 per cent.
Read More
Bijender Goel nominated as founding president of Indian Delphic Council
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Bijender Goel, a former Special Representative to Jharkhand and former Adviser to Union Labour and Employment Minister, has been nominated as the Founding President of the Indian Delphic Council (INDC) to head the Indian movement.
Read More
Millions of Pakistani children engaged in worst forms of child labour
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): One of the leading organisations in Pakistan's Sindh has highlighted that millions of children continue to be engaged in the worst forms of labour under the indecent and inhumane living, and working conditions in the province due to the non-implementation o
Read More
Karnataka to conduct COVID-19 test of returning migrants
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 13 (ANI): Migrant labourers returning to Karnataka after the COVID-19 lockdown will be tested before entering the state, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Sunday.
Read More
Biden pushes G7 leaders to call out China on forced labour in Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 12 (ANI): US President Joe Biden is pushing world leaders to call out China over allegations of forced labour in Xinjiang as the Group of Seven (G7) leaders prepare to unveil a global infrastructure plan meant to compete with Beijing.
Read More
Ayushmann Khurrana raises his voice over violation against children
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI): On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour on Saturday, actor Ayushmann Khurrana spoke about how the number of children in child labour has risen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More
World Day Against Child Labour: Kailash Satyarthi Claims Child Labour is "
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of International Day Against Child Labour, which he worked to institute over 2 decades ago on 12th June, Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi speaks to social first publisher NEWJ for an exclusive interview, on the journe
Read More
States must implement One Nation One Ration Card scheme: SC
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday observed that all states must implement the 'One Nation One Ration Card' scheme that allows migrant labourers to get ration benefits from any part of the country irrespective of the place where their ration card is registered.
Read More
4 children, others rescued by SDRF team in MP's Sagar
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 11 (ANI): Four children and a few labourers were rescued by a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) after the water level in the Sunar River rose due to which people were stranded on the other side of the river.
Read More
US senator chides Apple, Nike for 'using forced labour' from China
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A US senator on Thursday slammed top American companies including Amazon, Nike and Apple for using forced labour from China, accusing them of making Americans complicit in Beijing crimes against Uyghurs.
Read More
Global parliamentary alliance calls for reform of supply chains over force
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 10 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Group of Seven (G7) summit in UK, a cross-party Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) has called on G7 leaders to reform global supply chains in light of widespread forced labour abuses in Xinjiang region.
Read More
Workers in Chinese tech companies pushed to limits due to surveillance, lo
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 9 (ANI): As Chinese tech companies are attempting to bring productivity-enhancing tools into everyday office life, their efficiency is being channeled into squeezing more value from employees by using software-driven surveillance management and monitoring into their pro
Read More