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₹10 overcharge: At TASMAC outlets, low-paid workers bear cost of administrative failureThousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert saysNow, women gig workers protest in Noida: ‘No fixed hours, no place to sit, no washroom’

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₹10 overcharge: At TASMAC outlets, low-paid workers bear cost of administrative failure
India
India Latest News: Top National Headlines Today & Breaking News | The HinduMay 25

₹10 overcharge: At TASMAC outlets, low-paid workers bear cost of administrative failure

Vijayabaskar has spent 23 years behind a TASMAC counter in Pudukkottai. He has absorbed the ordinary indignities of the trade — the abusive drunk,.

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Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says
Science
NPR Topics: ScienceMay 18

Thousands of U.S. countertop workers could have damaged lungs, safety expert says

Wade Hanicker poses for a portrait at his home in Brooksville, Fla., on March 23. Hanicker was diagnosed with silicosis after years of cutting quartz countertops.

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Now, women gig workers protest in Noida: ‘No fixed hours, no place to sit, no washroom’
India|The Indian Express|Apr 15

Now, women gig workers protest in Noida: ‘No fixed hours, no place to sit, no washroom’

About 40 women who work with Urban Company, assembled outside a training center in Sector 60, calling for an eight-hour workday, weekly time off and access to essential facilities like drinking water and toilets. About forty women who work with Urban Company, a platform that provides at-home services, assembled outside a training center in Sector 60, calling for an eight-hour workday, weekly time off and access to essential facilities like drinking water and toilets. She said workers are given 15 minutes to travel between appointments, a target she described as unrealistic.

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Noida workers' protest turns violent: Delhi Police on high alert, UP border sealed after arson and stone-pelting | Today News
India|mint - news|Apr 13

Noida workers' protest turns violent: Delhi Police on high alert, UP border sealed after arson and stone-pelting | Today News

Security across the national capital was tightened on Monday after a workers’ protest in neighbouring Noida escalated into violence, prompting Delhi Police to mount a high alert along key border entry points. Authorities moved swiftly to prevent any spillover into Delhi following clashes, vandalism and arson reported from industrial zones in Uttar Pradesh. Heavy traffic congestion on the Delhi-Noida DND Flyway due to traffic diversion as the Chilla Border, connecting Delhi to Noida, has been closed following a violent protest in Noida Phase 2.

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