Labour

February 12: Workers and Farmers Forge a Historic Axis of Resistance Across India

For observers of general strikes and journalists covering trade unions and farmer movements, the February 12 General Strike did not unfold as a routine ritual. It unfolded as a...

Thousands Of Job Losses Reveal Rising Risks To India’s Demographic Dividend

Jaipur/Mumbai: The recent shedding of over 350,000 jobs in...

Whither protection? 88% Gujarat employees without job contract, 67% sans paid leave

Amidst apprehensions that the Government of India’s new labour...

Labour ‘Reforms’ more for “Ease of doing Business” than labour rights

Various unions allege no consultation by the government on...

Labour Laws for Companies Not Workers

The BJP government moved two Lok Sabha bills today...

The conspicuous absence of women in India’s labour force

India’s rapid economic growth has been accompanied by falling...

In Kerala Labour Hub, Migrants Face Worst Effects Of Post-Demonetisation Slowdown

Perumbavoor (Kerala): When illiterate mason Jalaluddin Shaikh sought a...

World Bank: Abolish Minimum Wage, Other Labour Laws

Let the state provide incomes and social protection, freeing...

No easy answers for ending forced labour in India

India must attend to a long list of issues...

Give workers option to choose social security schemes: Survey

New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Economic Survey today made...

Can the Modi government attack on labour rights be beaten back?

Photo Credit: Socialism.inTwo years of the Modi regime have...

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