Group of volunteers connecting relief to workers stranded across India due to the covid-19 lockdown while documenting their experiences.
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Joined April 2020
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Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
@StrandedWorkers a volunteer group that came together during the lockdown in 2020 and 2021 to help workers in distress recognised for its work. This was a motley group of volunteers who did what little they could. Hoping we don't ever have to see such horrifying times again.
Very grateful to have been recognised by @IndJMedEthics for a contribution to ethical practices and improving access to healthcare for the marginalised, along with some other incredible awardees.
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
The Supreme Court in its judgment on 29.12.21 reg the problems and miseries being faced by migrant workers had directed the Union & state governments to provide foodgrains to migrant workers, including those without ration cards, till the pandemic continues. @StrandedWorkers
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
The pain of #Covid & #LockDownSessions are felt most by people who can't work from home. #UnorganisedWorkers run the economy, & keep democracy alive. @jan_sarokar @mkssindia @pbhushan1 @StrandedWorkers @migrant_IN @rozi_roti @Jayati1609 @ShillongTimesIn @PAEG_India @AmitabhBehar
At a Shillong public hearing on #HumanRightsDay2021 chaired by #JusticeMadanLokur 181 people from the Domestic workers Union, the Hawkers Union, & #BOCW workers testify, & submit records about huge discrepancies between #CovidRelief records & their receipts. As revealed by #RTI
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
#GroundUpStories | Lockdown, unemployment, and the power of collectives. Read how a migrant worker facing #unemployment found a way to help others like her. @StrandedWorkers
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Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
Sajjad is a daily-waged labourer who used to work in construction in Goa. When the pandemic hit, his employer stopped work but also refused to pay for months of pending wages
Last week, he was diagnosed with skin cancer. We are raising money for him. DM if u can help even a lil
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
A Lynching in Gurgaon: The many accidents that mark the life of a migrant worker
Read MWSN's report on a conversation with Sanjay, a Dalit migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh who witnessed the lynching of his brother-in-law by Haryana locals on Aug 2. Link: mwsn.in/resources/single/ZU1…
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
Migrant workers share stories of their struggle with lack of aid, jobs and vaccine and what they expect from the Centre and states at a @StrandedWorkers virtual conference. @ritwik_rit listens in
#COVID19
#migrantworkers
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Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
Panels and press conferences in migrant workers have "experts" talking. Please attend a press conference of a different kind. Workers asking workers their COVID experience.@StrandedWorkers
No Country for Workers? देश जो मज़दूरों के लिए नहीं?
A press conference by and with Migrant Workers is now live here!
youtube.com/watch?v=Ho6O59ej…
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
Follow @janta_faisla where a v interesting experiment is unfolding. This hearing on the #migrantworker crisis flips the power relationship between jurors, advocates and pleaders and puts workers in the decision making seat.
@kkuruganti explains: thewire.in/rights/in-chhatti…
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
The heart of the Janta ka Faisla is the jury. These seventeen women and men are migrants from Chattisgarh. They will hear presentations from a range of experts and deliver a considered judgment.
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
The jury is ready. जूरी तैयार है #jantakafaisla @birajpat @kkuruganti
@Gangabhai_CG @NFI_India @MahtabNama @StrandedWorkers @ranganaut. For more information/ जानकारी के लिए: jantakafaisla.org/
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
आम तौर पर, कुलीन लोग निर्णय लेते हैं और लोग परिणाम भुगतते हैं। #jantakafaisla आदेश को उलट देता है: यहां लोग जज करते हैं और कुलीन लोग सुनते हैं। ये हैं जूरी सदस्य जो अगले हफ्ते फैसला सुनाएंगे। @birajpat @kkuruganti @Gangabhai_CG
@NFI_India @MahtabNama @StrandedWorkers @missmishma
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
अदालत ने एनडीयूडब्ल्यू को पूरा करने पर जोर दिया, जिससे लगता है कि वह कामगारों के पंजीकरण और केंद्रीकृत डेटाबेस बनाने के बीच भ्रमित है। चूंकि हमारे नीति निर्माण पर तकनीक विशेषज्ञों का अधिकार हो गया है और हमारी कल्पना डेटाबेसिंग की गुलाम बन गई है।"
bhaskar.com/opinion/news/the…
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
Nearly 517,073 migrants left for their homes from Delhi using trains during the 2nd wave (April-May), reports @deekbhardwaj
On May 22, @htTweets was the 1st to report that at least 800,000 migrants left Delhi in buses in the 1st 4 weeks of the lockdown.
hindustantimes.com/cities/de…
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
65% centres have run out of ration stock & stopped distributing grains to people without ration cards. After SC orders, on June 5 Delhi govt started providing NON PDS rations from 282 schools with a cap of 20 lakh people. Yesterday we checked 51 schools & 65% had no ration stock
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
This. This is why announcement of schemes mean little ! @StrandedWorkers
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
SC directs union/states to begin registration for National Database of Unorganised Workers by 31 July, finish by Dec '21.
Registering migrant workers has been pending since 1979 law because onus is on contractors. Counting workers would embolden them to demand dignity. #NDUW
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
We were part of drafting this statement tinyurl.com/2d87avzz along with @amitbasole Ravi Srivastava & Jean Dreze, and write on behalf of the signatories. @StrandedWorkers @harsh_mander @rozi_roti
@rajendran_naray & I wrote in @EconomicTimes describing the @IndiaWpc statement we are part of that is calling for a National Relief Package centring on supporting working households. Article in image and here: tinyurl.com/ydbdvewm. Full statement: tinyurl.com/8bc4um4k.
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
A day in the life of a SWAN volunteer. Gayatri Sahgal captures her volunteering and coordination work with SWAN. But also provides a glimpse into the different aspects SWAN was focusing on while providing relief. @StrandedWorkers
idronline.org/features/inequ…
Stranded Workers Action Network(SWAN) retweeted
92% workers in India have not been paid after #COVID19 restrictions & #jobloss in 2021, says report by Stranded Workers Action Network (SWAN). In #NoCountryForWorkers, @StrandedWorkers says in 2020 under 25% of those seeking help were women & children. In 2021, they were 84%.#MIG
