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Honda's Manesar plant employees observe tool-down strike to protest sacking of 400 contract workers
•HMSI Employee Union leaders alleged that the company has reduced the production of the facility by 50 percent and is in the process of retrenching more contractual workers.
Demonetisation impact: 250 casual workers lost job every day during January-March; why govt needs to create more jobs
Sindhub •As per CMIE, in 12 months up to August 2017, 19 lakh jobs were wiped out
Rahul Gandhi slams Narendra Modi over unemployment in Gujarat, non-implementation of 7th Pay Commission
Ians •Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Narendra Modi for keeping the youth of Gujarat unemployed and not implementing the 7th Pay Commission
Bharat Bandh isn't helping India: PM Modi needs a plan to deal with striking unions
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 •Bharat Bandh, the pan-India strike observed by trade unions on Friday, epitomises the lack of preparedness of the Narendra Modi-government in dealing with the workers' body, especially in the context of the issues pertaining to unskilled labour in India.
Govt hikes minimum wage for contract workers to Rs 10,000
•On 17 April, Dattatreya had said the government would bring out an executive order to ensure that contract workers get a minimum wage of Rs 10,000 per month.
Slowdown is here to stay: After Maruti, M&M lays off temporary staff
Fp Staff •Post-Manesar, Maruti wants to be best shopfloor paymaster
Sindhu •After the violence in Manesar, Maruti seems to be rethinking its compensation policies for workers. But it continues to take a tough line on those who perpetrated the violence
For one man, Kejriwal's actions could save his marriage
Fp Staff •Many who had come in hope of finding a solution to their problems had to leave disappointed. One man who wanted to meet Kejriwal in particular was Mukesh Yadav.
Delhi govt plans schemes for labourers, contract workers
Fp Archives •Minister Girish Soni plans to utilise the money under a new scheme to ensure social security for unorganised sector workers along with regulating their wages and working hours.