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  • July 11, 2026
  • 7:56 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Reports of Custodial Torture and Fabricated Evidence Spark Nationwide Protests as Noida’s Workers and Activists Complete 3 Months in Jail

Demonstrators in Delhi, Kolkata, Patna, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, and other cities demand the release of workers and activists arrested after the 2026 Noida wage protests, citing allegations of custodial torture, fabricated evidence, and unlawful police action.   Mouli Sharma New Delhi, 11 July 2026   Protests broke out across the country on Saturday as three months […]


The Anatomy of a Fabricated Case: What the Chargesheets in Noida Labour Strikes Reveal

Lawyers, activists and academics examining four chargesheets filed in the Noida workers’ protest cases by the UP police say the documents are riddled with contradictory arrest records, fabricated recoveries, vague allegations and glaring procedural violations—raising fundamental questions about the criminalisation of labour protest in Uttar Pradesh.   This article was commissioned by and first published […]


  • June 26, 2026
  • 6:21 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

A Bundle of Fairytales and Falsehoods: Campaign Alleges Major Contradictions in UP Police Chargesheets in Noida Workers’ Protest Case

The UP Police’s chargesheets filed in FIRs 163/2026, 164/2026, and 165/2026 in relation to the Noida workers’ protest case is a bundle of fairytales and falsehoods, and they reveal a vindictive attempt to entrap and wrongfully prosecute workers and activists on the basis of fabricated and contradictory claims” alleged the Campaign for the Release of […]


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আন্দোলন ছিল অনিবার্য। স্বতঃস্ফূর্ত বিক্ষোভই ছিল নিয়তি। কোনও পার্টি/সংগঠন/ইউনিয়নের অনুপস্থিতিতে আন্দোলনের মুখ্য চরিত্র এমনটাই হওয়া স্বাভাবিক। প্রতিবাদ/প্রতিরোধহীন শোষনে ছিবড়ে হয়ে যাওয়া শ্রমিকদের পক্ষে কোনও না কোনও সময়ে প্রত্যাঘাত করাই ছিল অত্যন্ত স্বাভাবিক ঘটনা।   কৌশিক   দেশে চলমান শ্রমিক আন্দোলন বা বিক্ষোভ এক ঐতিহাসিক ঘটনা। ভারতবর্ষে উত্তাল চল্লিশের দশকেও এমন বিস্তৃত ভূখন্ডে শ্রমিকদের আন্দোলন দেখা […]


  • April 28, 2026
  • 9:37 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Trade Unions & Farmers’ Groups Slam Repression on Agitating Workers

The Platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have strongly condemned the state repression on agitating workers and demanded unconditional release of arrested workers and withdrawal of cases against them.   Groundxero | April 28, 2026   The Platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have […]


  • April 23, 2026
  • 9:58 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

‘Demanding Workers Rights not a ‘Pakistan-linked’ Conspiracy’: Labour Organisations Slam State Repression and Criminalisation of Workers’ Revolts  

Mazdoor Adhikar Sangharsh Abhiyan (MASA), a joint platform of workers’ organisations and trade unions, organised a press conference on Tuesday, 21 April, at Press Club of India. The gathering was addressed by Supreme Court senior counsel Adv. Prashant Bhushan and various worker organisation leaders. At this time, thousands of workers across Delhi-NCR and various other […]


  • April 22, 2026
  • 7:33 am
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Labour Unrest in India’s Industrial Belt: Experiences, Resistances and Demands of Non-Permanent and Women Workers

Over the past few months, a wave of worker-led protests has swept across India’s industrial belts—from refineries and factories to gig platforms and domestic workspaces. Triggered by stagnant wages, unsafe conditions, and deepening contractualization without labour rights, these struggles are not isolated eruptions but part of a broader awakening among the country’s working classes. Women […]


  • April 19, 2026
  • 3:24 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Finally, the ‘Invisibles’ have started to become Visible

Over the past two-three months, a series of spontaneous, worker-led strikes has erupted across India’s industrial belts—from Barauni to Panipat, Manesar to Noida—cutting across sectors and states. Largely led by contract workers and unfolding without formal leadership or union direction, these struggles challenge the widely held belief that the working class has receded as a […]


  • March 30, 2026
  • 7:26 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

গৃহশ্রমিক নারীদের আন্দোলন কোন পথে

কথা বলার মধ্যে দিয়ে একটি বিষয় স্পষ্ট হয়ে যায়, ছুটি না পাওয়া, ন্যূনতম বেতন না পাওয়া, মাইনে না বাড়া – এই সবক’টি ন্যায্য প্রাপ্য না পাওয়ার সঙ্গেই আরো যে বিষয়টি সবচেয়ে বেশি এই গৃহশ্রমিক নারীদের আহত করে, তা হল, মর্যাদাহীন ও  অসম্মানজনক কাজের পরিবেশ।   সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন   “আমাদের যেন একটু সম্মান দিয়ে কথা […]


  • March 29, 2026
  • 9:36 am
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Trade Unions Call for ‘Black Day’ on April 1 Against Labour Codes

The unions argued that the new codes would dilute hard-won labour rights, including the right to organise, collective bargaining, and the right to strike.   Groundxero | 29 March, 2026   A joint platform of Central Trade Unions and independent sectoral federations and associations has called for nationwide protests on April 1, 2026, urging workers to observe the […]


“41 Deaths in 90 Days”: Manual Scavengers Demand Accountability, Say ‘Prime Minister Must Apologise’

Despite official denial, sanitation workers and activists say caste-based sewer deaths in Modi’s Swachha Bharat continue unabated —“every 2–3 days, one Indian dies in a gutter.”   Mouli Sharma Groundxero | 26 March, 2026 | New Delhi   “I joined [the movement] in 2015,” says Mangal, a 29-year-old from Delhi orphaned after his father drowned to death in […]


  • February 25, 2026
  • 9:18 am
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Mass Strike Erupts at Panipat Refinery; Workers Resist Repression, Demand Basic Rights

Fact-finding team flags deaths, injuries, and systemic violations as thousands of workers continue agitation. The findings point to a deeper and more structural crisis—one rooted not merely in immediate grievances, but in years of institutionalised exploitation of workers under the contract labour system.    Groundxero | Feb 24, 2026   A major labour conflict has erupted at […]


  • February 9, 2026
  • 4:29 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

General Strike on February 12: Workers and Farmers Are Mobilising To Resist Corporate Takeover Of India

“The strike is to defend basic democratic rights, employment security and the welfare character of the Indian state,” CTUs said in a statement.   By Groundxero Desk 9 February 2026   As India heads towards a nationwide general strike on February 12, called by ten central trade unions and independent sectoral federations, the country’s organised working-class […]


  • February 7, 2026
  • 10:20 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

“We Don’t Work for War”: Dockworkers Mobilise in Strike Actions Across Mediterranean Ports

Coordinated strikes by dockworkers and port unions in over 20 ports across Europe target arms shipments, port militarisation, EU rearmament plans, and assert internationalist solidarity with Palestine.   By Groundxero Desk 7 February 2026   On Friday, February 6, 2026, dockworkers and port unions across more than 20 major Mediterranean and European ports carried out a coordinated […]


CJI’s Remarks on Trade Unions Trigger Outcry Ahead of Nationwide Workers’ Strike

As India heads towards a nationwide general strike on February 12 against the four labour codes, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s remarks holding trade unions responsible for stopping industrial growth during a PIL hearing in the Supreme Court have sparked a sharp backlash from trade unions and Left political organisations.   Groundxero | Jan 29, […]