Dossier
temporary casual labourer
Coverage of temporary casual labourer in the Nexus archive.
- When a 16-day strike by transport employees and a bus accident on Deepavali shook Tamil Nadu in 2001
In November 2001, transport corporation employees' unions in Tamil Nadu went on a 16-day strike demanding a 20% annual bonus increase. During the strike, 28 people were killed in Thoothukudi district when a TNSTC bus, allegedly driven by a temporary casual labourer, was involved in an accident during Deepavali.