Hyderabad, July 18 -- The 15th BRICS Trade union Forum (TUF) Summit 2026, held in Hyderabad from July 14 to 16, concluded with the unanimous adoption of the Hyderabad Declaration, calling on BRICS governments to expand universal, adequate and sustainable social protection systems covering all categories of workers, including those in the unorganised sector, migrant workers, platform workers, self-employed workers, agricultural labourers and those engaged in non-standard employment.
In a press release issued on Saturday, BRICS Trade union Forum Chairman and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) All India President Sunkari Mallesham said the declaration underscored that extending universal social protection to the last worker should become the new g...