Labourer

Labourers gathered at Arjunganj Labour Chowk, Lucknow
Employee/Labourer

The Afterlife of Bondage: How Bonded Labour Survived Its Abolition in India

Amal Chandra
7 min read
Safai Karmacharis from more than 10 states, families of persons killed in sewer & septic tanks, MPs, civil society, writers, students, gathered at Jantar Mantar to condemn the continuing illegal practice of forcing citizens into cleaning of sewer & septic tanks, and getting killed.
Employee/Labourer

'Stop Killing Us’: Protesters Accuse Govt of Hiding 261 Sewer & Septic Tank Deaths

Geetha Sunil Pillai
2 min read
The majority of sanitation workers in the country come from historically oppressed Scheduled Caste communities, particularly those communities that have been forced into caste-based occupations through generations of discrimination and exclusion.
Employee/Labourer

DASAM Demands End to Caste-Based Exploitation of Sanitation Workers Amid Nationwide Protests

The Mooknayak English
4 min read
“Every Tenet of Criminal Jurisprudence Has Been Violated”: Wrong Dates, Stock Witnesses, and Vague Allegations—Chargesheets in Noida Labour Strikes Contain a Chilling Absence of Crime Itself
Employee/Labourer

“Every Tenet of Criminal Jurisprudence Has Been Violated”: Wrong Dates, Stock Witnesses, and Vague Allegations—Chargesheets in Noida Labour Strikes Contain a Chilling Absence of Crime Itself

Mouli Sharma
15 min read
From February to June 2026, DASAM has documented at least 55 sanitation worker deaths across the country during dangerous sewer and septic tank cleaning operations.
Employee/Labourer

55 Sanitation Workers Killed in Manual Scavenging Operations Across India in 2026 So Far: DASAM

The Mooknayak English
7 min read
An Empty Textile Factory
Employee/Labourer

As Rajasthan’s Polluting Industries Shut Down, Workers Pay the Price of Years of Regulatory Failure | A Ground Report

The Mooknayak English
5 min read
Teachers, students, lawyers, intellectuals and democratic activists joined the convention in solidarity with the ongoing workers' struggles in Noida, Manesar, Panipat, Surat and other industrial centres.
Employee/Labourer

Raise Wages, Stop Repression: Workers' Convention Calls for Release of Jailed Workers and Recognition of Workers' Rights

The Mooknayak English
3 min read
The Tamil Nadu State Committee of the Communist Party of India (M) has decided to hold a massive protest across the state on June 19.
India

From Fuel to Job Scheme: Why CPI(M) Is Protesting Across Tamil Nadu on June 19 ? Three Big Demands Explained

Geetha Sunil Pillai
4 min read
The Commission has issued notices to the Punjab Chief Secretary and the Ludhiana Police Commissioner, calling for a detailed report within two weeks.
Employee/Labourer

NHRC Steps in 4 Days After Toxic Sewage Kills Three Workers in Ludhiana

Geetha Sunil Pillai
3 min read
The recruitment is being carried out under the Rajasthan Contractual Recruitment Rules, 2022 by the Department of Local Self-Government. As per the new policy, selected candidates will have to work on a contractual basis for the first five years.
Dalit News

“Government Itself Has 2.5 Years Left”: Valmiki Leaders Slam 5-Year Probation Clause in Rajasthan Sanitation Workers Recruitment

Geetha Sunil Pillai
4 min read
The Rights body demanded immediate criminal accountability for contractors and officials, universal mechanisation of sewer and septic tank cleaning, mandatory confined-space safety protocols, timely compensation and rehabilitation for affected families, and recognition of sewer and septic tank deaths as structural caste violence rather than isolated accidents.
Employee/Labourer

36 Sanitation Workers Die in Sewer, Septic Tank Accidents Across India in Three Months: DASAM

The Mooknayak English
3 min read
Industrial belts in Noida–Manesar, Panipat, and the mining hub of Singrauli witnessed workers taking to the streets over wage theft and gruelling working conditions.
Employee/Labourer

NAPM Accuses Government of Repression Against Workers, Demands Rollback of Labour Law Dilutions

The Mooknayak English
3 min read
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