Striking Workers Receive ‘Snack Kits’ From Samsung: What’s Inside These Kits

04 Oct 2024

For nearly a month, workers at the Samsung Electronics manufacturing facility in Chennai have been engaged in a protest demanding better wages and official recognition of their union.The strike, organized by the Samsung India Workers Union in collaboration with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (SIWU-CITU), has significantly impacted the...

Commuters stranded across city as Auto, Taxi Strike enters Day 2

24 Aug 2024

Delhi residents are facing difficulties travelling on Friday as the autorickshaw and taxi drivers' strike entered its second day. Commuters have struggled to find vehicles for last-mile connectivity. While several unions have chosen not to participate in the strike, its impact is still being felt in certain areas. Auto-taxi unions...

Doctor Rape-Murder: Nationwide Doctors’ Strike Called by IMA

16 Aug 2024

Outrage continues to grow over the horrific rape and murder of a young doctor in Kolkata, leading to a nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) starting Saturday morning. The strike is set to be one of the largest in over a decade, with most hospital departments across...

NHM Employees Extend Strike and Begin Staggered Fasting

07 Aug 2024

In a bid to press their demands, the employees appointed under National Health Mission (NHM) have announced to extend their strike for four more days. Meanwhile the agitating employees have started the chain hunger strike as their agitation entered the 13th day. The employees, who have been protesting since the...

Delhi Water Crisis: Atishi Issues Warning Of Indefinite Strike From June 21

19 Jun 2024

Delhi's Water Minister, Atishi, has issued a warning of an indefinite strike starting from June 21 if the water crisis in the capital does not improve. She has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding this issue, attributing the crisis to Haryana's failure to release Delhi's share of...

Hollywood actor’s strike completes 100 days, negotiations to resume on Tuesday

23 Oct 2023

On Saturday, after talks with studios broke down, the longest strike in the history of artists in cinema and television entered its hundredth day. Actors are still on strike lines, but screenwriters are actively returning to their jobs, according to Variety. Furthermore, the time of its conclusion is uncertain. As...

Major tv networks feel the impact of Hollywood Writers’ strike

17 May 2023

The impact of the Hollywood writers strike was felt as major television networks began their annual week of sales presentations to advertisers on Monday, with news personalities like Willie Geist and Stephanie Ruhle left to hawk comedies and dramas for NBC Universal. Fox declined to announce a fall television schedule...

Rajasthan private doctors call off strike after patch up with govt on RTH bill

04 Apr 2023

Private doctors in Rajasthan ended their 17-day strike on Tuesday. When the state government agreed to exempt unaided private hospitals from the scope of the Right to Health Bill. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot expressed his happiness with the negotiations'. He stated that nobody should suffer due to a lack of...

Strike disrupts power supply in UP

19 Mar 2023

Defying all appeals and even strict action by the government, the 72-hour strike by Uttar Pradesh power employees continued for the second day on Saturday, almost paralyzing power supply in the state, especially in rural areas. State Energy Minister AK Sharma, after meeting Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has given an...

Employees of the Maharashtra government are on indefinite strike against the outdated pension system.

15 Mar 2023

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde promised to form a committee to look into the issue, thousands of government employees in Maharashtra embarked an indefinite strike beginning on Tuesday in support of the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). This had an impact on services particularly those provided by state-run hospitals....