Jobs

Automaker Ford’s closure of India operations after continuous losses will lead to thousands of jobs lost in Chennai. But it also holds a hard lesson.

Early this year, the Corporation terminated 545 conservancy workers. We spoke to them to understand their current plight and demands.

Women garment workers suffer wage theft, forced terminations and harassment, but the labour department rarely monitors violations or acts against employers.

Newspaper distributors play a crucial role in the print media industry. Yet they have been left out of all welfare and COVID compensation schemes.

From reverse migration of workers to the oxygen crisis, this is how various factors came together to cripple small and medium businesses and livelihoods in the sector.

Crematorium workers in Chennai have been living a nightmare since COVID deaths peaked. Their demands deserve a fair hearing.

With the second wave of COVID, GCC has brought back fever survey volunteers on the ground. We spoke to some of them to understand their roles and challenges better.

As the sale of crackers has fallen drastically in Chennai, thousands of workers in the fireworks industry have lost their jobs. What alternatives could they possibly have?

The worst hit have been small businesses in the area, as their customers — mostly migrant IT sector employees — have gone back home.

Hundreds of MTC workers protested in Chennai earlier this week, raising their voice against salary cuts and improper implementation of COVID-19 norms.

Most nurses in government hospitals are slogging for hours in high risk conditions today, and taking back meagre amounts as salary.

With cabs and autos off the road, Ola and Uber drivers in Chennai have been hit hard by the lockdown. Unfortunately, there has been little support from the companies or govt.