[Note: Some newspapers reported that the incident was about Mitsubishi but in fact it was about Mitsuba, not Mitsubishi. I have corrected the title of…
Shramik Ekta Mahasangh finally woke up to challenge the exploitative scheme NEEM [National Employability Enhancement Mission] by filing a public interest litigation. It was coming,…
“Hello” Lulu, my parrot called. He hopped on to my study table as I nodded and acknowledged. “What’s the matter? I called you twice, you…
At the outset many thanks for inviting me to address this seminar. The subject is ‘Challenges to the Trade Unions due to Growing Precarious Work…
Sometimes you search for a valuable thing and give up all hope of finding it. Then comes a surprise – you suddenly discover that it…
This is a classic case where the ‘economy will eventually triumph over psychology.’ I am referring to Bosch. Their employees struck work today. They will…
“Things are changing” Lulu quipped. When parrots are lost in thinking they suddenly speak out their conclusion. A statement like that invariably arouses my curiosity….
I published the story of Rajendra Vighe. It was captioned ‘The Contracts of Exploitation.’ In this post I take the story further to explain how…
Interviews of workers which I conducted recently made me conclude that the Society has issued the ‘Contract of Exploitation’ to all. Exploitation of labour is…
There are several reports of lay-offs in the IT industry. And there are comments on why unions are making foray in IT industry. But there…