04.03.2006 - Source: BBC News

Bombay: Suspension of nearly 350 doctors, who went on strike to demand better salaries and greater security for doctors inside the hospitals ("Indian doctors sacked over strike") [#45778],  [ID 6452]

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02.02.2006 - Source: BBC News

Court in Delhi banned airport workers striking over job fears from coming within 500 metres of any airport in country ("Court bans India airport protests") [#43348],  [ID 6453]

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10.12.2005 - Source: BBC News

At least 33 railway policemen injured in clashes with demonstrators demanding better rail services in Bombay; 70 people were arrested in clashes in Nallasopara, Bhayandar and Mira Road ("Mumbai railway clashes injure 33") [#40461],  [ID 6454]

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04.2004 - Source: UK Home Office

Trade unions & strikes ("Country Report - April 2004") [#22427],  [ID 6455]

"6.156 According to the US Department of State report 2003, “Trade unions often exercised the right to strike, but public sector unions are required to give at least 14 days' notice prior to striking. Some states have laws requiring workers in certain nonpublic sector industries to give notice of a planed strike.” [2c](p32) The US Department of State report 2003 states that, “The law provides for the right to organize and bargain collectively. Collective bargaining is the normal means of setting wages and settling disputes in unionized plants in the organized industrial sector. Trade unions vigorously defended worker interests in this process.” “The Essential Services Maintenance Act enable the government to ban strikes in government owned enterprises and requires conciliation or arbitration in specified “essential” industries.” However, essential services never have been defined in law.. The act thus is subject to varying interpretations from state to state. State and local authorities occasionally use their power to declare strikes “illegal” and force adjudication.”[2c](p32) According to the US department of State report 2003 in “August [2004] the Supreme Court declared all strikes by government employees to be illegal; however, in practice this has not been enforced.”[2c](p33)
6.157 The US Department of State report 2003 states that “The Industrial Disputes Act prohibits retribution by employers against employees involved in legal strike actions, and this prohibition was observed in practice.” The Trade Union Act prohibits discrimination against union members and organisers, and employers are penalised if they discriminate against employees engaged in union activities. ”Unions are free to affiliate with international trade union organizations.”[2c](p32)"

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