LABOUR SNIPPETS – APRIL 2024
LABOUR SNIPPETS – APRIL 2024
- Lekha
Almond Workers Protest in Karawal Nagar, Delhi
ASHA
Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) is community health workers instituted by the government of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The mission began in 2005.......
Vote Out the BJP! Convention in West Bengal
Workers’ Convention
Resolves to Vote Out the BJP!
The Namesake Equality - Advisory on Women Workforce Participation
Advisory for Employers to
Promote Women Workforce Participation:
The ILO Report on Education and Employment - A Worrying Picture
No Jobs / Poor Jobs:
The ILO Report on Education and Employment
A Worrying Picture
- Akash Bhattacharya
May Day Call - Workers Manifesto 2024
The May Day Call of AICCTU!
The Workers Manifesto – 2024
Spirited Asha Workers of Bihar Secure an Encouraging Victory through a Prolonged Strike
August 12th, 2023 marked a historic victory for striking ASHAs (Accredited Social Health Activists) in Bihar with the state government agreeing to increase the monthly payment by Rs. 1,500 per month and providing the payment as ‘honorarium’, instead of ‘reward’ (paritoshik).
Scheme Workers Storm Streets Across the Country Demanding Their Rights
- by Shashi Yadav, Saroj Chaubey, Atul Dighe, Geeta Mandal, Vijay Vidrohi and Mahendra Parida
“Our Unity And Struggle Gives us the Dignity as Workers!” - An Interview with Scheme Workers
“Our Unity And Struggle Gives us the Dignity as Workers!”
Brutal Violence Against ASHA Workers of Uttar Pradesh For Submitting a Memorandum to the CM Yogi Adityanath
When the ASHA workers of Uttar Pradesh tried to submit their memorandum of demands to the CM Yogi Adityanath when he came for a program in Shahjahanpur on 9th November, the police not only stopped them from submitting the memorandum, but also brutally attacked them. One of the ASHA workers, Punam Pandey’s hand was broken, was stamped under the boot and was also attacked in the genitals. After physically assaulting the workers, the police filed cases against ASHA workers themselves.
Report of Survey Conducted Amongst ASHA Workers in Delhi
ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activists) workers are part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) launched in 2005 to provide rural areas access to better healthcare facilities. ASHA workers form the backbone of this scheme. The scheme was initially designed to make sure that there is ‘doorstep delivery’ of health services to rural communities, and ASHA workers became the veritable foot soldiers of this scheme. The burden of reaching the homes of people in rural areas fell on the shoulders of ASHA workers.