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		<title>कंत्राटी कामगारांना वधू मिळत नाही</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 05:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>आपण अनेकदा ऐकतो की कंत्राटी कामगारांना लग्नासाठी मुलगी मिळत नाही. मुलींना ‘पक्की’ नोकरी आणि स्वतःचे घर असलेला मुलगाच हवा असतो. हे प्रत्यक्षात एक मोठे सामाजिक...</p>
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		<title>Married to Exploitation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Contract Workers Find No Brides We often heard that contract workers did not get a bride. Girls would not want to marry unless a man...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2026/05/contract-labour-marriage/">Married to Exploitation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Noida Labour Violence Factors and Future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Noida labour violence has received attention of the press and people alike. Here are statements picked up from various articles which will tell us...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2026/04/noida-labour/">The Noida Labour Violence Factors and Future</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Invisible Chains of Exploiting Working Women</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 06:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>And Their Silent Struggle To Make A Living Working women face many issues at the workplace. Interviewing them is a challenge because they are reluctant...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/12/women-exploitation/">The Invisible Chains of Exploiting Working Women</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Contract Workers Battle for Their Rights</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2024/08/contract-workers-battle-for-their-rights/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dr Vivek Monteiro]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2024/08/contract-workers-battle-for-their-rights/">Contract Workers Battle for Their Rights</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Social Security for Tata Steel Contract Workers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2024 10:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2024/07/contract-workers/">Social Security for Tata Steel Contract Workers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Union And Govt Paint Different Pictures of Wistron Violence</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2020/12/wistron-violence/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2020/12/wistron-violence/">Union And Govt Paint Different Pictures of Wistron Violence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Anatomy of Wistron Workers’ Violence</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2020/12/wistron-workers-violence/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2020/12/wistron-workers-violence/">The Anatomy of Wistron Workers’ Violence</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Rotten&#8217; Shows That Slavery Is Everywhere</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2020/11/rotten-shows-slavery-everywhere/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>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,...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2020/11/rotten-shows-slavery-everywhere/">&#8216;Rotten&#8217; Shows That Slavery Is Everywhere</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Interpreting The World And Changing It</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2019/01/interpreting-world-changing-it/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The current labour situation and what we should do about it.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2019/01/interpreting-world-changing-it/">Interpreting The World And Changing It</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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