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“আশাকর্মীরা, তাঁদের পরিবারের অসহায় অবস্থা যদি সরকারের উল্লাসের কারণ হয়, আমরা তা বিনা লড়াইয়ে মেনে নেব না” – রাজ্যজুড়ে আশাকর্মীরা কর্মবিরতিতে, সরকার উদাসীন

উৎসবের মরশুমে কনকনে ঠাণ্ডা উপেক্ষা করে রাজ্যের হাজার হাজার আশাকর্মী মহিলারা নিজেদের প্রাপ্য বকেয়া বেতন-ভাতা পাওয়ার দাবি নিয়ে পথে নেমেছেন। প্রশাসনিক আধিকারিকদের কাছে পৌঁছানোর চেষ্টা করা থেকে জাতীয় সড়ক অবরোধ, নানা প্রতিবাদ কর্মসূচী নিয়ে তাঁরা নিরন্তর লড়াই চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন।   সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট   এই মুহূর্তে সারা পশ্চিমবঙ্গের ৭৮ হাজার আশাকর্মীর মধ্যে ৯৯% আশাকর্মী, প্রায় […]


  • December 30, 2025
  • 8:12 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

‘Delivery Workers Are Not Slaves of Algorithms’: Gig Worker to Observe Nationwide Strike on December 31

“Let it be clear delivery workers are not slaves of algorithms. We will not accept unsafe ‘10-minute delivery’ models, arbitrary ID blocking, or denial of dignity and social security. If repression continues, our resistance will only grow stronger. The gig economy cannot be built on the broken bodies and silenced voices of workers.”   Groundxero | Dec […]




  • December 23, 2025
  • 6:38 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Thousands of Rural Workers Take to Streets, Unions Calls Workers to Reject the VB-GRAM G Act in the Special Gram Sabhas

Opposition to the VB–G–RAM–G Act intensified as more than 10,000 rural agricultural workers marched to Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. Trade unions simultaneously called for a nationwide push to openly reject the law in upcoming Gram Sabhas and demand for a restoration of MGNREGA.   Groundxero | December 23, 2025   Opposition to the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee […]


  • December 23, 2025
  • 2:39 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Trade Unions Announce General Strike on February 12 Against Labour Codes, Corporate-Friendly Reforms

The CTUs warned that if the Modi government proceeds with notifying rules under the codes without repealing them, the February strike could be followed by multi-day general strikes and expanded sectoral actions.   Groundxero | 23 December 2025   India’s central trade unions (CTUs) have called for a nationwide general strike on February 12, 2026, intensifying resistance […]


  • December 14, 2025
  • 6:21 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Historic General Strike by Portuguese Workers Over Labour Reforms

Tens of thousands of Portuguese workers walked off the job in the country’s first general strike in 12 years. The massive show of force is a direct challenge to the right-wing government’s aggressive assault on labor rights, wages, and collective bargaining.   Groundxero Report| December 14, 2025   Portugal was brought to a standstill on December 11 […]


  • December 14, 2025
  • 2:19 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Workers Take To Streets Across India Against Labour Codes

The message from All India Workers’ Rights Day was clear: far from silencing opposition, the Modi government’s labour reforms have galvanised a new phase of working-class resistance that is likely to deepen in the period ahead.   Groundxero | December 14, 2025   Thousands of workers across India marked All India Workers’ Rights Day on Sunday, […]


  • December 12, 2025
  • 7:59 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Contempt Notice Issued as State and Centre Delay Restarting MGNREGA in West Bengal

The Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity has issued a legal notice for contempt of court against both the State and Central Governments for failing to restart MGNREGA work in West Bengal.   Groundxero | December 12, 2025   On 10 December 2025, the Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity (PBKMS) issued a legal notice for contempt of court […]


  • December 9, 2025
  • 2:32 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Trade Unions to Call Nationwide General Strike in February 2026, Vow Escalation Until Labour Codes Are Withdrawn

After the massive nationwide mobilisations of workers against the labour codes on 26th November 2025, the joint platform of central trade unions have announced a fresh phase of intensified agitations, culminating in a countrywide General Strike in February 2026.   Groundxero | 9 December 2025   The Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and Sectoral Federations/Associations […]


  • December 1, 2025
  • 11:32 am
  • groundxero
  • Labour

“Make Amazon Pay”: Global Black Friday Protests by Amazon Workers

“We are joining Make Amazon Pay to demand the most basic rights: safety, dignity, and the chance to go home alive,” said one Amazon worker from India.   Groundxero Report | Dec 1, 2025   Amazon workers across the world once again turned Black Friday—the corporation’s busiest shopping day—into a day of resistance. From 29 November […]


  • November 26, 2025
  • 6:26 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

A Nationwide Protests Against the Labour Codes: Workers and Farmers Confront the Corporate–State Nexus

With the labour codes notified and the government signalling no sign of retreat, an open confrontation between India’s working class and a Corporate–State nexus intent on dismantling the last protections of labour law seems imminent.   Groundxero Report | 26 November 2025   Thousands of workers, farmers and agricultural laborers staged protests across the country […]


Sanitation Workers Protest In Chennai – Voices from the ground

For more than 3 months, sanitation workers under the Greater Chennai Corporation have resolutely refused to join a private company Ramky, showing up to protests every week, facing detentions and arrests in the process. What does drive these contractual workers to protest?    By Sushmita  Groundxero | November 22, 2025   About 2,000 workers, working under the […]


  • November 4, 2025
  • 9:57 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

After Four Years of Struggle, Justice Speaks for Bengal’s Rural Workers

The Supreme Court’s judgment may serve as a precedent for ensuring that social-welfare rights are not held hostage to political disputes.   Groundxero | Nov 4, 2025   After four long years of waiting, West Bengal’s rural workers have won a battle fought not only in the courts but also in the fields and streets. On October […]


Dalit Women Sanitation Workers Forced to “Prove” Menstruation at Rohtak University, Says Rights Group

Dalit women sanitation workers at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana), allege heinous violation of dignity and privacy, casteist and gender-based harassment by supervisors. Rights groups, including DASAM, condemns the incident; say the case exposes systemic abuse in India’s contractual sanitation labour sector; demands criminal prosecution, court-monitored probe, and structural reforms.   Groundxero | Nov 3, 2025    […]