Deadly Delays in the Delivering Justice I have written about the travails of the housekeeping contract workers of BPCL. You can read it here. The…
An Exemplary Scheme Provides Social Security Contract workers are among the most neglected workers in India. But Tata Steel cares for them by implementing Social…
After I published my blog ‘The Anatomy of Wistron Workers’ Violence’. I received this document. It is the report submitted to The Chief Minister of…
The Press has extensively reported the violence at Wistron. It points to a big malaise about the way work is organised and compensated. Let us…
It is important to watch the documentary ‘Rotten’ on Netflix to understand how people prove Galbraith’s acute observation: ‘Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism,…
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…
Sometimes you search for a valuable thing and give up all hope of finding it. Then comes a surprise – you suddenly discover that it…
The Maharashtra Government has amended the Contract Labour Act, presumably as a part of labour law reforms. But it appears to have outsourced thinking to…