Hamara Manch Updates
2009-10-22 : Update from Hamara Manch [Finger loss case, IME Building Workers]
2009-10-28 : Hamara Manch Update [IME Update, Finger loss case, Shri Baijnath]
2009-11-04 : Update Hamara Manch [Finger Loss Case, IME Building Workers, Telephone Operators]
2010-01-25 : Hamara Manch Update [Ganga Charan Ji, Telephone Exchange]
2010-03-17 : Hamara Manch Update [Labour Commissioner Visit, Environmental Building Case]
2010-06-25 : Update from Hamara Manch [Arbitrary Institute Orders, June 7 Order, June 15 Circular]
2010-07-09 : The June 15, 2010 Circular and Its Implications
2010-09-22 : Hamara Manch response to Institute communique on labour issues
2010-10-31 : A Senior Bus Driver Fired [Shri Ram Prakash Ji's case]
2011-02-22 : Hamara Manch update on arbitrary firing of workers [Shri Shyam Manohar's case]
2011-07-06 : Hamara Manch Update [Uncleared Dues case, Charade of Wage Payment]
2011-07-18 : Hamara Manch Update on Two Construction Worker Deaths at IITK
2011-09-19 : Hamara Manch Update [Systemic Issues, Due Process, Accountability]
2012-02-18 : An Update on the Compensation for Jagat Narain’s family
2012-05-30 : Rights of Contract Workers: The Case of the Dismissal of VH Workers
2012-12-22 : Ramsharan’s Compensation: Hamara Manch Update 22nd December, 2012
2013-02-23 : Hamara Manch report on Open House on Worker's Issues
2013-05-16 : Contract Workers at IITK: An assessment of the present situation
2013-07-07 : [ Further ] Update on Compensation for Ram Sharan’s Family
2013-09-18 : The Inspiring Legacy of Ramkesh Bhai A Tribute and a Pledge
2014-03-22 : If It Works, ‘Fix’ It: The Case of GH1 Mess [on GH1 Mess privatization]
2018-02-02 : The Coming New Contracts in the Hall Messes: A Hamara Manch Update
2018-04-12 : Eviction notice to Dhobis: neither the service provider nor the users consulted
2019-11-14 Hamara Manch report on corruption in Hall mess management
2020-07-25 : Workers@iitk Amidst the COVID Lockdown (Hamara Manch Update I): RA Tower Mess Report
2020-08-01 : Workers@iitk Amidst the COVID Lockdown (Hamara Manch Update II): Women Mess Workers
2020-08-29 : Workers@iitk Amidst the COVID Lockdown (Hamara Manch Update V): Update on taxi drivers
2020-09-07 : Workers Amidst Pandemic at IITK: What needs to be done
2020-09-14 : An Appeal to IITK Community Members from Mess and Canteen Workers
2020-09-17 : Hamara Manch Update (on what can be done ahead, continued)
2020-09-20 : Hamara Manch Update (on supporting mess workers)
2020-09-29 : Hamara Manch Update (on arrangements during quarantine)
2020-10-04 : Second appeal by the collective of mess-canteen workers
2020-10-15 : (On certain recent positive developments in the context of workers amidst CoViD-19)
2021-06-30 : 15 Months of Pandemic and Women Mess Workers of IIT Kanpur
2021-07-18 : A Window to the Construction Workers in IITK Amidst the Pandemic
2021-09-12 : Appeal to Academics and Civil Society Regarding Workers' Plight in IIT Kanpur Campus
2022-09-09 : A Report on the New Water Supply and Wastewater Contract in IITK
2022-10-27 : An Update on the New Water Supply Contract in IITK
2022-12-11 : One More Fatal Accident at a Construction Site in the Campus
2023-11-02 : Another Workplace Death at IIT Kanpur: Systemic Lack of Safety and Medical Protocols
2024-03-10 : Arbitrary Firing of a Mess Worker: Case Study From Hall-2 Mess
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