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BMS will hold protests in front of every district headquarters and industrial hub on Friday
A last-minute, allegedly perfunctory attempt by the NDA government to dissuade the central trade unions from going ahead with countrywide protests against proposed labour reforms and the privatisation (...)
The issues of delivering beef and pork were reportedly brought to the forefront after the initial protest got less attention and a BJP leader got involved.
New Delhi: The protest by Zomato employees in Howrah, covered by a number of media houses on Sunday, appears to be more complicated than (...)
Except the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the protest call has been supported by all central trade unions.
Expressing strong objections against the codification of labour laws, the central trade unions have called upon the workers, unions and federations, (...)
Labour law reforms: In absence of reliable statistics on its size, distribution or contribution to the economy, the sector remains a poorly understood and a grossly neglected area.
Providing legal and social protection to the informal or unorganised sector workers — one of the key objectives of (...)
Districts of Gadwal, Adilabad, Warangal (rural) and Nagarkurnool were found to be employing children under 14 years of age in cotton farming The survey has been undertaken under the National Child Labour Project
Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s Labour department and the International (...)
There have been no major pan-India protests by railway employees since 1974, but the 100 day action plan could trigger mass unrest.
New Delhi: Less than a month after coming back to power with an absolute majority, the Narendra Modi government has approved a ‘100 Days Action Plan’ of the (...)
The Tamil Nadu government has issued a notification granting ‘public utility’ status to manufacturers of auto components. This amendment to the rules of the Industrial Disputes (ID) Act, gives suppliers of auto spare parts the same status attributed to essential commodities and services likes (...)
This book extract recounts how 1980s Mumbai’s textile mill workers decided to accept the leadership of trade unionist Datta Samant.
In January 1982, over two lakh workers in Mumbai’s textile mills went on an indefinite strike. While some workers had been already agitating about wage issues with their respective employers, this was a concerted, industry-wide action that left mill owners and the government stunned. They were also taken aback by the workers’ spontaneous decision to (...)
Seventeen all-India strikes have taken place to sustain old and create new labour rights, but the trade union movement is showing signs of divisions caused by its old enemy and ally – political unionism.
May Day is not only a ritualistic occasion for fiery speeches by trade union leaders and (...)
Though the May Day rally prioritised the fight for better wages, the women workers also opened up about the humiliation and harassment they face at factories.
Bangalore: On the morning of May 1, the grey and barren space underneath the flyover near Kanteerava Studio in Bangalore looked like it (...)
Every morning, groups of men squat on the pavement in the streets of Delhi and wait for a truck to pick them up and bring them to a construction site. They carry bags of tools. Their clothing is worn and their skin leathery, the expressions on their faces are weary and resigned. Workers in the (...)
Trade unionists fear a large part of the unorganised sector might be left out of the ambit of the government’s labour code on social security.
Rekha Patil, a vegetable seller on a footpath in suburban Mumbai, is a small part of India’s vast informal economy. Her husband, a farmer in Palghar, (...)
If a new trade union law goes into effect, India will essentially abandon any commitment to workplace democracy.
Indian cities never go silent. Sound is a constant feature—the horns of cars, the chirping of birds, the cries of hawkers, the steady hum of a motorcycle engine. On Tuesday, India is (...)
Sanitation-focused NGOs need to confront and determine the line between sanitation labour and oppression.
Since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), there has been a significant political and financial movement towards tackling India’s huge sanitation challenge. But as more toilets are constructed, more sewer lines are laid and more septic tanks and toilet pits are built, actors who are involved must also ask – who will fix and clean the sanitation systems and what are our (...)
The shutdown in rural India coinciding with the trade union’s strike will unite the farmers and workers to challenge the pro-corporate and anti-people rule of far right BJP government.
Farmers march in New Delhi 2018
More than 2 lakh farmers, workers and agricultural labourers marched on (...)
The protracted strikes by young workers of Yamaha and Royal Enfield have come to an end after more than 50 days with the workers returning to the factories last week. Their comrades at MSI are continuing the strike even after 75 days with no resolution in sight.
The strikes started (...)
In what might sound as music to India’s corporate honchos and their political supporters, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has calculated that the trade union (TU) density in India among wage workers, both casual and regular/salaried, has fallen since 1993–94, by 3 percentage points to (...)
India takes pride in the globally-acclaimed Darjeeling tea, but does not talk about the kind of oppression that the workers in tea plantations have been facing for generations.
This 2004 file photo shows tea pickers arriving for work at a tea estate at Naxalbari in West Bengal. Credit: (...)
This academic study analyses India’s lopsided labour market over the last 15 years. Government claims about quality job creation are a mirage. The Indian labour market is shaped by real estate booms and bubbles. Governments are fearful of developing pro-people policies.
The article shows that (...)
Deepika Mhatre has turned her experiences as a cook for rich families into a standup routine
It is considered insolent in India for a maid to talk back. But one housekeeper in Mumbai is challenging the expectation to be submissive and obedient by lampooning the world of domestic employment in (...)
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