May Day 2017: Reports from Mumbai and Gurgaon

[Informalisation and Labour Rights - Related News]

On May 1st, occasion of International Labour Day, a victory rally was organized to celebrate the permanency of 2700 contract workers who were with the Bombay Municipal corporation. These 2700 workers who have been fighting for their rights to be regularized since 2007 won their permanency through a Landmark order passed by the Supreme Court on April 7, 2017 through their Union Kachara Vahtuk Shramik Sangh (KVSS). The victory rally was held at Azad Maidan and organized by Kachara Vahtuk Shramik Sangh (KVSS). Almost 7000 workers participated in this massive rally.