Workers Strike

Guaranteed procurement of all farm produce and scrapping of 4 labour codes are among their other demands

HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing some 250 striking employees have agreed to enter into federal mediation, the first sign of a possible settlement since the work stoppage began in early November. We are excited to have this opportunity to continue bargaining with HarperCollins and hope they finally are ready to put a fair offer on the table, Olga Brudastova, president of Local 2110 UAW, said in a statement on Thursday. We have been on strike for over two months at this point. It is time for us to resolve any outstanding differences and attempt to reset our relationship. HarperCollins, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, issued a statement saying it hoped that meeting with an outside mediator would provide a path forward. The publisher had not met with union negotiators in months. We entered negotiations eager to find common ground, and we have remained committed to achieving a fair and reasonable contract throughout this process, the company's statement reads in

Hundreds of nurses wearing red hats continued to line both sides of Madison Avenue near the entrance of Mount Sinai Hospital on Wednesday morning

Thousands of employees of three state-owned power companies went on a 72-hour strike on Wednesday to protest against the privatisation of power firms even as the government invoked the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA), a leader from the employees' union said. The government has asked the officials concerned to take all necessary steps to ensure normal supply of electricity in the state. Thousands of employees of the three companies were participating in the strike which started from midnight, Krushna Bhoir, general secretary of the Maharashtra State Electricity Workers' Federation, told PTI. The protest was going on peacefully across the state, he said, adding the protesting employees were sitting in pandals erected outside their establishments. Bhoir said the state government has called them for a meeting and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will meet members of the action committee of the employee unions at the Sahyadri Guest House here at around 1 ..

The wave of union strikes that has hit the UK since early December appears to continue unabated, and the labour actions now also threaten traffic at the country's airports and railway stations

Phagwara sugar mill workers on Saturday held a demonstration here denouncing the mill management for not paying their salaries for the last three months. Phagwara sugar mill labour union leader Sukhdev Singh also sought the intervention of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in the matter. "We have families. We find it next to impossible to pay the fees of our school going children. The owner of the mill has run abroad. The local mill officials are giving us false assurances, said one of the protesters. The protesters demanded the management to pay at least a month's salary to the workers considering the ongoing festival season, and threatened to intensify their protests if their demand is not met.

Rail services on Thursday and Saturday will be drastically reduced, with only around a fifth running, and half of lines closed

Train companies said only about a fifth of services across the country were due to run

IndiGo had cut salaries of a large section of its employees when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak

The closure of the Ford factory at Maraimala Nagar will affect a total of around 40,000 jobs in total because the factory jobs are linked to many ancillary units which employ unorganised workers

Raut said he held discussion with Pawar on a range of issues, including politics and the ongoing MSRTC workers strike

The number of staffers who have been suspended so far rose to 918

The indefinite strike called by the employees of road transport corporations in Karnataka over wage related issue entered its ninth day on Thursday, continuing to affect bus services across the state

Bus services were hampered for the sixth consecutive day in Karnataka, as the strike by the employees of the road transport corporations on wage related issues continued on Monday

Amazon workers in Italy went on a 24-hour strike on Monday in the first such action by the US company's entire logistics operation in the country, including third-party delivery service providers

The employees' union, however, claims that of 3,500 workers, only 300 have rejoined while rest continue to protest

From a small exports market that played second fiddle to the markets in North America, Europe and China, India now features at the top of Apple's priority list

Lessons from the controversy over unpaid workers

Though state labour dept ordered workers to call off strike and resume operations on Nov 19, company says less than 10% returned, forcing it to extend lockdown four days later

Main production unit at Bidadi running with skeletal staff, producing less than 100 units a day from 450-500 units normally