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Zomato CEO Set to Aid Delivery Workers With Rs. 700-Crore Donation, Union Calls It a 'Ploy to Divert Attention'
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced to donate his employee stock option plan (ESOP) proceeds worth Rs. 700 crore to aid its delivery workers in a letter sent to its employees. The move has been called "a ploy to divert attention" from the recent worker protests by the Telangana Gig And Platform Workers Union (TGPWU).
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App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security
The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...
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Without Shelter, Bengal Transport Workers Live In Buses Amid Lockdown
Transport workers in West Bengal, who could not get back home amid the lockdown, have urged the state government to make arrangements for their meals and medical assistance, as many of them remained cooped up in buses in absence of any shelter.
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"Workers Can't Be Taken Back": Top Telangana Official On Transport Strike
About 50,000 workers of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), who called off their strike after nearly two months on Monday, "cannot be taken back on duties", top transport official Sunil Sharma has said. Mr Sharma has also requested these workers to "not create law and order situation" by going to depots today.
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Fulfil Transport Workers' Demand, TTV Dhinakaran To Tamil Nadu Government
Dissident AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today voiced support in the Tamil Nadu Assembly for the transport workers on strike, saying the E Palaniswami-led state government should prove that it was "Amma's regime".
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With 8,000 Temporary Workers, 71% Buses Back In Tamil Nadu
As the strike by state transport workers demanding a pay hike in Tamil Nadu entered its fourth day, sources in the government told NDTV that 71 per cent buses have resumed operations. After most workers defied the Madras High Court order directing them to report for work or face consequences, the government roped in 4,578 drivers and 3,496 conducto...
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Tamil Nadu Transport Workers' Strike Continues, 14,000 Buses Remain Off Road
Commuters in Tamil Nadu are stranded, forced to pay through the nose to autorickshaw and cab drivers or walk long distances as around 14,000 buses have remained off the road for the second day after transport workers' unions went on strike demanding a pay hike. Thousands of passengers yesterday waited at bus stands as only a third of the buses oper...
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Detained Indian Ship In UK To Be Sold Over Unpaid Wages: Court
A UK court today gave the go-ahead to British authorities for selling an Indian ship detained in Scotland last year to recover the unpaid wages of 11-member Indian crew.
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United States: New York Police Probing Switch of Flags on Brooklyn Bridge
Police are searching for four or five people they believe scaled to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge's two towers in the dead of night, disabled lights illuminating two large American flags and then replaced the flags with bleached-white ones.
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Zomato CEO Set to Aid Delivery Workers With Rs. 700-Crore Donation, Union Calls It a 'Ploy to Divert Attention'
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal announced to donate his employee stock option plan (ESOP) proceeds worth Rs. 700 crore to aid its delivery workers in a letter sent to its employees. The move has been called "a ploy to divert attention" from the recent worker protests by the Telangana Gig And Platform Workers Union (TGPWU).
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App-Based Platform Workers’ Federation Writes to Labour Ministry, Demands Universal Social Security
The Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) has made a submission along with others to the Ministry of Labour and Employment over the ongoing public consultation on the Draft Code on Social Security (Central) Rules, 2020. It has also been signed by labour unions and civil society organisations to raise concerns about the implication...
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Without Shelter, Bengal Transport Workers Live In Buses Amid Lockdown
Transport workers in West Bengal, who could not get back home amid the lockdown, have urged the state government to make arrangements for their meals and medical assistance, as many of them remained cooped up in buses in absence of any shelter.
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"Workers Can't Be Taken Back": Top Telangana Official On Transport Strike
About 50,000 workers of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), who called off their strike after nearly two months on Monday, "cannot be taken back on duties", top transport official Sunil Sharma has said. Mr Sharma has also requested these workers to "not create law and order situation" by going to depots today.
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Fulfil Transport Workers' Demand, TTV Dhinakaran To Tamil Nadu Government
Dissident AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today voiced support in the Tamil Nadu Assembly for the transport workers on strike, saying the E Palaniswami-led state government should prove that it was "Amma's regime".
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With 8,000 Temporary Workers, 71% Buses Back In Tamil Nadu
As the strike by state transport workers demanding a pay hike in Tamil Nadu entered its fourth day, sources in the government told NDTV that 71 per cent buses have resumed operations. After most workers defied the Madras High Court order directing them to report for work or face consequences, the government roped in 4,578 drivers and 3,496 conducto...
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Tamil Nadu Transport Workers' Strike Continues, 14,000 Buses Remain Off Road
Commuters in Tamil Nadu are stranded, forced to pay through the nose to autorickshaw and cab drivers or walk long distances as around 14,000 buses have remained off the road for the second day after transport workers' unions went on strike demanding a pay hike. Thousands of passengers yesterday waited at bus stands as only a third of the buses oper...
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Detained Indian Ship In UK To Be Sold Over Unpaid Wages: Court
A UK court today gave the go-ahead to British authorities for selling an Indian ship detained in Scotland last year to recover the unpaid wages of 11-member Indian crew.
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United States: New York Police Probing Switch of Flags on Brooklyn Bridge
Police are searching for four or five people they believe scaled to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge's two towers in the dead of night, disabled lights illuminating two large American flags and then replaced the flags with bleached-white ones.
