“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 […]
Across all governments – the Union govt. in particular, many state governments and multiple political parties; there is a consensus that workers’ rights can be compromised and violated, in the pursuit of ‘ease of doing business’, and in the service of ever greater private profits. Groundxero | December 29, 2025 As several Indian […]
Rural workers and peasants registered under MGNREGS across the country will submit a resolution to the President of India to demand restore and enrich MGNREGA in the Special Gram Sabhas. Groundxero | December 24, 2025 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called upon rural workers and peasants registered under MGNREGS across the country […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
জীবন-জীবিকা নিয়ে একদিকে চরম অনিশ্চয়তা, অন্যদিকে নিজেদের ভাষা ও জাতিসত্তা নিয়ে পরিচিতির উপর নেমে আসা প্রাণঘাতী আক্রমণ ও বাংলাদেশে পুশ ব্যাক-এর আতঙ্কে অনেকেই স্পষ্টত দিশাহারা। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর রিপোর্ট উৎসবের মরশুম শুরু হয়ে গেছে। বাড়ি ফিরছেন প্রবাসে কাজেকর্মে, পড়াশোনায় ব্যস্ত থাকা মানুষজন। কিন্তু সব ফেরা এক হয় না। যেমন হয় না, হচ্ছে না পশ্চিমবঙ্গের […]