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Mansukh Mandaviya introduces Industrial Relations Code Amendment Bill in L
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday by Union Minister of Labour and Employment Mansukh Mandaviya during Zero Hour.
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NFITU opts out of nationwide strike, calls it "politically motivated"
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Speaking to ANI in Guwahati, NFITU General Secretary Nilam Hazarika said, "A strike is proposed across the country against the new labour law tomorrow. We at NFITU will not participate because we believe it is politically motivated... The facilities not covered by this law are now availab
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'Initiative to protect basic rights': CPS's Binoy Viswam rallies support f
Updated : 1 month ago IST
CPI leader, Binoy Viswam, said, The primary slogan raised by farmers and trade unions is the withdrawal of the labour codes, which are not labour codes. It should be named as anti-labour codes.
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SKM supports Central Trade Unions' call for nationwide strike on Feb 12
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Large-scale participation from farmers, agricultural workers, and industrial unions nationwide is expected at protest sites across the country, including PRTC, power employees, and other worker organisations.
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Pakistan: HRCP warns Punjab Labour Code 2025 may undermine labour protecti
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The HRCP warns that the proposed Punjab Labour Code 2025 could weaken workers' rights, citing poor consultation, diluted protections, and loopholes on child and forced labour. The report urges Punjab's government to rewrite the code in line with ILO standards and ensure genuine worker par
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Congress will not support four new "anti-national" labour codes: K Muralee
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Murleedharan claimed that under the new codes, the labourers can form an organisation only if a minimum of 10 per cent of the members are a part of it. He called this provision incorrect, saying that forming a union is a workers' right.
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"Historic transformation in India's labour framework, beneficial to 40 cro
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Confederation of Central Trade Unions (CONCENT) welcomes the Government of India's notification of the four Labour Codes as a landmark and progressive reform that replaces fragmented, outdated colonial-era labour laws with a unified, contemporary, transparent and worker-centric framew
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Pre-Budget meeting for Budget 2026-27 begins with Economist and Agricultur
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the first pre-Budget consultation meeting with the country's leading economists in New Delhi in connection with the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27.
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PoGB: Tensions rise as traders protest at Sost point on CPEC
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Tensions are running high in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), where traders have intensified a sit-in protest at the Sost point, a strategic hub on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Led by local trade unions and supported by residents, the movement seeks to challenge wha
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Himachal tourism workers protest against shifting of HPTDC head office to
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The tour operators braved the rains while staging a protest near Chaura Maidan, demanding that the issue be discussed in the Assembly and the relocation decision be revoked. The demonstration was organised by local tourism stakeholders and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).
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South Korea passes bill to expand labour rights
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
South Korea's major business lobby groups have voiced opposition to the bill, saying that the bill could cause extreme confusion at workplaces and that it could also make companies' business decisions, including overseas investments, a reason for workers' collective action, disrupting the
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Bharat Bandh: Trade Unions accuse Centre of diluting worker rights; demand
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
As scores of people walked the streets across the country with their trade union flags and slogans and presented their demands through a 17-point charter. The trade unions have accused the Centre of diluting worker rights, alleging that the central government is pushing economic reforms w
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