Sacked Maruti workers mull strategy with trade unions
August 31st, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 31 (IANS) After the July 18 violence at Maruti's Manesar plant in Haryana, the workers terminated on accusations of the violence Friday met various trade unions demanding their ... Read more...
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Restore terminated Maruti workers: Trade unions
August 17th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 17 (IANS) Various trade unions Friday demonstrated in support of Maruti Suzuki workers demanding cancellation of termination orders of over 500 employees. They also demanded a judicial probe ... Read more...
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Bengal Congress to protest arrests of party cadres
August 17th, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Giving another jolt to its already alienated ally Trinamool Congress, the Congress Friday said it would submit protests Aug 24 to all police stations in West ... Read more...
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Over 20 injured in Bengal clash over INTUC leader’s killing
August 15th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 15 (IANS) Over 20 people, including 16 policemen, were injured in West Bengal's Hooghly district after supporters of a murdered Congress leader clashed with the police, officials said ... Read more...
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Trade unions demand end of Maruti lockout, CBI probe
August 4th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Aug 4 (IANS) A group of trade unions Saturday demanded withdrawal of the lockout at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant and a CBI probe into the July 18 violence at ... Read more...
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Maruti management to blame for crisis: AITUC
July 27th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, July 27 (IANS) AITUC general secretary and CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta Friday blamed the Maruti Suzuki management for the crisis at its Manesar plant and said he would raise ... Read more...
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Job shortage: part-timers on rise in Britain
May 16th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
London, May 16 (IANS) The number of men taking up part-time work due to being unable to find a full-time job in Britain has more than doubled in the last ... Read more...
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Sesa Goa employees protest 24×7 mining operations
May 4th, 2012 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 4 (IANS) Employees of Goa's biggest mining company, the Vedanta Resources-owned Sesa Goa Limited (SGL) took to the streets Friday protesting the company's move to keep ore extraction ... Read more...
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CPI-M, Trinamool try one-upmanship on May Day
May 1st, 2012 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) With West Bengal celebrating May Day with a holiday Tuesday, the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Left Front tried to use the occasion to ... Read more...
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Three CPI-M leaders allege ill-treatment at Doha airport
April 29th, 2012 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, April 29 (IANS) En route to Cuban capital Havana to participate in a trade union congress, three Communist Party of India-Marxist leaders from Kerala were stopped at the Doha ... Read more...
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Trade unions strike hits life across Karnataka
February 28th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 28 (IANS) The one-day strike by a dozen central trade unions Tuesday affected life in cities and towns across Karnataka, including this tech hub, with shops, banks, factories, ... Read more...
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Strike cripples life in Tripura
February 28th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Feb 28 (IANS) A nationwide strike called by 11 major trade unions to protest increasing prices, privatisation and other issues Tuesday crippled life in Left-ruled Tripura."The strike was total ... Read more...
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Labour strike to paralyse banking, transport services Tuesday
February 27th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) A nation-wide 24-hour general strike called by major trade unions Tuesday could cripple the country's transport, banking and postal systems after the government's attempts ... Read more...
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Trade union wants Rs.300 wages for rural jobs scheme (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The new executive committee of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) Wednesday sought minimum wages of Rs.300 for labourers engaged in the central ... Read more...
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Trade union wants anti-graft observers for rural jobs
February 8th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The new executive committee of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) Wednesday sought anti-corruption observers for the central government's rural job scheme and enhanced ... Read more...
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Bengal slammed for plans to scrap emloyees’ union rights
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) The West Bengal government's plans to drop a clause in service rules of its employees that gives them full trade union rights have drawn the ire ... Read more...
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Political infighting jeopardising labour movement: Unions
January 9th, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) Stressing that high ambitions of political parties have led to infighting between trade unions and jeopardised labour movement in the country, unions Monday said there was ... Read more...
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Now, a pro-Kundankulam rally
November 11th, 2011 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 11 (IANS) Even as the anti-Kudankulam nuclear plant protest entered its 25th day Friday, a pro-Kudankulam rally was called by Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) near Tirunelveli ... Read more...
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Bengal mulls merging labour unions
October 20th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 20 (IANS) The West Bengal government is considering merging various labour unions in industrial units to tackle problems caused by their large number, a minister said Thursday."The industrial ... Read more...
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Will try to get Sahagunj reopened, Bengal assures Dunlop workers
October 17th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 17 (IANS) The West Bengal government Monday said it will try to persuade tyremaker Dunlop India Limited to reopen its Sahagunj factory and hoped the company will come ... Read more...
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Strike hits Coal India mines in Orissa
October 10th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 10 (IANS) The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Orissa were hit Monday by a one-day strike called by its major workers' unions, an official ... Read more...
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Coal India terms workers’ strike for bonus illegal
September 24th, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 24 (IANS) Describing as "illegal" the country-wide shutdown on Oct 10 called by all major workers' unions of Coal India Limited (CIL) over their demands for bonus and ... Read more...
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Left, Congress trade unions flay Mamata government
September 12th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) The labour arms of the Left parties and the Congress Monday accused West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government of committing atrocities on the working class and ... Read more...
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Trade union leader M.K. Pandhe is dead (Lead)
August 21st, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) M.K. Pandhe, a veteran leader of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), died here early Saturday following a massive heart attack, the Marxist trade ... Read more...
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CPI-M politburo member M.K. Pandhe dead
August 20th, 2011 - 3:01 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member and chief of its trade union arm CITU, M.K Pandhe died at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital here ... Read more...
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Singur protest leader now slams Mamata
July 9th, 2011 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) Social activist Anuradha Talwar, an active participant in Mamata Banerjee's anti-acquisition protests in Singur, Saturday slammed the Trinamool Congress regime's decision not to adopt labour ... Read more...
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Nationalise Goa’s mining industry: Congress MP
July 4th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 4 (IANS) The Rs.6,000 crore open cast mining industry in Goa should be nationalised to conserve the country's national resources, veteran trade union leader and Congress Rajya Sabha ... Read more...
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PM condoles demise of CPI’s Chaturanan Mishra
July 4th, 2011 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday condoled the demise of former union minister and Communist Party of India leader Chaturanan Mishra, describing him as ... Read more...
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Maruti strike called off after 13 days
June 17th, 2011 - 2:06 am ICT by IANS
Manesar (Haryana), June 16 (IANS) The workers at auto major Maruti Suzuki's plant in this Haryana town Thursday night called off their 13-day long strike, after an agreement was reached ... Read more...
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Maruti Suzuki strike called off as agreement reached (Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 2:06 am ICT by IANS
Manesar (Haryana), June 17 (IANS) The workers at auto major Maruti Suzuki's plant in this Haryana town called off their 13-day long strike, after an agreement was reached between them ... Read more...
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Maruti strike spreads to other automobile plants (Second lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 11:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The 12-day-long strike at Maruti Suzuki's plant in Haryana's Manesar town Wednesday spread to other automobile manufacturing plants with their unions deciding to go on ... Read more...
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Maruti strike continues, AITUC warns it could spread (Lead)
June 15th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The strike at Maruti Suzuki's plant in Haryana's Manesar town continued for the 12th day Wednesday, even as the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) ... Read more...
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Maruti workers’ strike into day 12
June 15th, 2011 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The strike at Maruti Suzuki's plant in Manesar town of Haryana continued for the 12th day Wednesday as talks between the workers and management failed ... Read more...
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Maruti strike to continue, other auto unions pledge support (Lead)
June 13th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Talks between Maruti Suzuki management and representatives of employees failed to end the impasse as the strike continued for the 10th day Monday, and unions ... Read more...
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Pradip Bhattacharya named interim West Bengal Congress chief
June 10th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Pradip Bhattacharya, a former working president of the state Congress unit, was Friday named interim chief of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.All India Congress ... Read more...
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