Tag: Workers

Paradip: Demanding fulfilment of various demands, hundreds of workers of the IOCL refinery in Paradip resorted to an indefinite strike in front of the main gate of the refinery today. Holding banners and black flags, the workers under the aegis of Paradip-Ersama Industrial Workers’ Union (PEIWU) sloganeered against the IOCL authorities and staged protest, pressing […]

  Cuttack: More than a hundred workers of a beverage plant in Jagatpur area of Cuttack staged protest in front of the plant on Tuesday demanding permanent employment. According to sources, the protest was launched by the workers after the company started recruiting new people without providing permanent employment to existing workers. To resolve the […]

Bhadrak:Tension prevailed on the premises of Dhamra Port Company Ltd (DPCL) after three labourers were killed and three others were critically injured in a major mishap at coal stockyard here on Sunday. According to reports, the tragic incident occurred when nearly nine labourers were engaged in loading activities and a heap of coal at the […]

Panaji: Over 500 casual workers employed at Nestle’s Goa manufacturing unit will be “impacted” due to the nationwide crackdown on Maggi. “The contract workforce is getting impacted on account of Maggi noodles lines being shut down and the service providers are trying to redeploy around 500 of their contract workers elsewhere,” Himangshu Manglik, spokesperson for […]

Bhubaneswar: The episode of hunger crisis driving migrant exodus in India has all but exposed a gloomy picture of how COVID-19 is leaving an ineradicable dent in the economic condition of the poorest and the most vulnerable sections of society. Odisha, which has witnessed the worst migration scenario, has been in limelight for the record […]

New Delhi : The Centre has released Rs 28,729 crore to the states to liquidate pending dues of both wage and material under MGNREGA as part of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package up to June 2 in this financial year, said a finance ministry statement. The government has increased the rate of payment under […]