| Haldia expansion plan hit by workers' strike | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Work on the Rs 1,230-crore expansion project of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL), among the country’s largest naptha-based petrochemical facilities, came to a grinding halt after a Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU)-backed union called an indefinite strike over wage revision of contractual workers. |
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| Workers call off strike at Rico Auto | 07-NOV-09 |
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| Workers at Rico Auto Industries ended their strike of around 50 days following an agreement with the management on reinstatement of some employees. An employee of the company had lost his life during the deadlock when a clash broke out between the two groups of workers last month. |
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| Jute mill workers plan strike | 07-NOV-09 |
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| Just like last year and the year before, jute mill workers may go on strike from this month-end, too. However, observers warn this could be risky for the industry’s future markets, given the present timing. |
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| Rico Auto 50-day strike ends | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Workers at Rico Auto Industries ended their about 50-day strike following an agreement with the management on reinstation of some employees. |
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| 'Settle SAIL workers' wage or face indefinite strike' | 02-NOV-09 |
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| CPI(M)-affiliated trade union CITU, which staged a two-day strike in SAIL from October 30, today threatened to launch an indefinite strike if the authorities failed to reach an agreement on the settlement of wages for the workers. |
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| NGOs voice concern over workers deaths at CWG sites | 26-OCT-09 |
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| With the national capital furiously gearing up to meet the deadlines of the Commonwealth Games, the alarming number of deaths of construction workers in absence of proper safety norms and adequate compensation is a cause of concern, say social activists. |
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| Suspension of work at HEI | 26-OCT-09 |
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| The management of Hindustan Engineering and Industries (HEI)of Satragachi in Howrah district put out the suspension of work notice at the factory gate, official sources said today. |
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| Toyota to hire 2,000 workers in India | 22-OCT-09 |
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| Toyota Motor Corp, which runs its Indian operation through a joint venture — Toyota Kirloskar Motor — with the Kirloskar Group, is constructing the second plant at its Bangalore facility with an investment of Rs 3,200 crore to manufacture the small car. |
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| M J Antony: The first-charge fluster | 21-OCT-09 |
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| Managing the queue of creditors at the door of a failed industry or a recalcitrant one has become one of the onerous tasks for the courts these days. At the head of the line would be banks, state financial corporations, taxmen, workmen and statutory bodies like the employees’ provident fund commissioner and the employees’ state insurance commissioner. There might be several private lenders too. This meandering column finally shifts their venue to the courts. |
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| Haryana industrial belt hit by workers' strike | 20-OCT-09 |
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| Workers' unions in the Gurgaon-Manesar-Bawal belt in Haryana went on a day long strike today to protest the death of a young worker on Sunday. The agitation was marred by violence, that saw an angry mob beat up a senior official of an auto component maker. |
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| NTC mills workers strike enters third day | 15-OCT-09 |
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| With the failure of tri-partite talks, the indefinite strike by workers of National Textile Corporation (NTC) attached textile mills in Tamil Nadu over Deepavali bonus issue entered the third day today. |
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