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The women construction workers affiliated to AITUC in Coimbatore on Monday forwarded a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to extend the nine months maternity leave with pay, being given to female government employees, to them.

With trade unions flat out refusing to cancel a massive strike called for Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an emergency meeting this evening to discuss what assurance it can give them to make them change their mind.

About 15 crore workers are on a nationwide strike and essential services like banking and public transport have been hit in many places. There is major impact in West Bengal and cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Terming the strike against Centre's Road Transport Safety Bill as "complete" in most states, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today "congratulated" protesters for participating in the demonstration.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday assured trade unions that the government did not intend privatizing either the Railways or Coal India.

Indias gross domestic product (GDP) will take a hit of Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore should the central trade unions proceed with their two-day strike starting on Wednesday, industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has said, appealing to the trade unions to call off their strike.

About 14,000 contract workers affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) of the state owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) commenced an indefinite strike on Saturday demanding among other things service regularization.

State-run Coal India (CIL) has signed a pact with its trade unions to increase wages by 25 per cent

The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant entered the tenth day on Monday, with losses pegged at about Rs 390 crore for 7,800 units. Around 2,000 workers at MSI's Manesar plant have been on strike since June 4, demanding recognition of a new union -- Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) -- formed by those working at the Manesar plant, among other thi...

The women construction workers affiliated to AITUC in Coimbatore on Monday forwarded a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to extend the nine months maternity leave with pay, being given to female government employees, to them.

With trade unions flat out refusing to cancel a massive strike called for Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an emergency meeting this evening to discuss what assurance it can give them to make them change their mind.

About 15 crore workers are on a nationwide strike and essential services like banking and public transport have been hit in many places. There is major impact in West Bengal and cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Terming the strike against Centre's Road Transport Safety Bill as "complete" in most states, the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today "congratulated" protesters for participating in the demonstration.

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday assured trade unions that the government did not intend privatizing either the Railways or Coal India.

Indias gross domestic product (GDP) will take a hit of Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore should the central trade unions proceed with their two-day strike starting on Wednesday, industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) has said, appealing to the trade unions to call off their strike.

About 14,000 contract workers affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) of the state owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) commenced an indefinite strike on Saturday demanding among other things service regularization.

State-run Coal India (CIL) has signed a pact with its trade unions to increase wages by 25 per cent

The strike at Maruti's Manesar plant entered the tenth day on Monday, with losses pegged at about Rs 390 crore for 7,800 units. Around 2,000 workers at MSI's Manesar plant have been on strike since June 4, demanding recognition of a new union -- Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) -- formed by those working at the Manesar plant, among other thi...