Mangaluru: The DK District unit of the Akhila Bharatha Karmika Sangha staged a protest on September 21, Friday in support of their several demands including construction of a hostel for beedi workers. They also demanded shutting down of massage parlours, pubs, skill game centres and such other unlawful activities. The protestors burnt an effigy of […]

Udupi : The district units of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Beedi Workers Federation staged a dharna demanding the pending dearness allowance for beedi workers here on Monday. Addressing the protesters, P. Vishwanath Rai, resident of district unit of CITU, said that the government had fixed ₹ 12.75 as dearness allowance for every […]

Mangaluru: South Kanara Beedi Workers Federation (AITUC and CITU), HMS and DK and Udupi districts Beedi Contractors Committee staged protest on Monday demanding to pay the salary to the beedi workers and contractors in cash. Addressing the protestors in front of DC office, labour leader Muhammed Rafi said that nearly 5 lakh people are employed […]

Mangaluru : The Association of Trade Unions, All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) and Beedi Contractors Union, on Tuesday urged the Union government to protect the livelihood of over 1.3 crore people as they are dependent on the beedi industry before […]

Mangaluru : Ivan D’Souza, MLC, on Wednesday urged the government to open a super-speciality hospital for beedi workers in the port city. Addressing the media, he said that Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district had about four lakh beedi workers. The government should grant at least 100 acres in the district for constructing a housing colony […]

Mangaluru : Shwetha Bhandary P. finds it tough to hold back her emotions seeing her teary-eyed mother, Brinda Bhandary. “It is sheer hard work that has brought my daughter to this level,” says Ms. Brinda, a beedi worker, while she is embraced by Shwetha for a photograph before media persons at the 33rd annual convocation […]

Mangaluru : Beedi workers, affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the All India Trade Unions Congress staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Tuesday against the Union government’s move to amend the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Product Act, (COTPA) 2003. The beedi workers marched from Town Hall […]

Mangalore : The members of CITU staged an indefinite dharna in front of the Bharath Beedi office at Kadri on August 12, Tuesday, demanding hiked Dearness Allowance of Rs 21.15 from April 2014. The protestors said that the managements were not working for the development of the workers and cheating them by not providing the […]

Mangalore: A protest meeting of deprived and depressed workers under AIWU led by Vishnumurthi Bhatt, was held at the DCO grounds on Friday to press for several demands already made by various classed of workers, either for security of services or for increased wages, or for better health benefits or for a new ESIC hospital […]

Mangalore: A protest was staged in front of the Ganesh Beedi Godown at Lalbagh in Mangalore on November 6, Tuesday, by the beedi workers associated with South Kanara Beedi Workers’ Federation opposing the cut down on workload since the past two months. P Sanjeeva, President of the Federation, said the beedi workers have been hit […]