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		<title>कंत्राटी कामगारांना वधू मिळत नाही</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2026/05/%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a4%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%9f%e0%a5%80-%e0%a4%95%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b0%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%be-%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%a7%e0%a5%82/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 05:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exploitation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oppression]]></category>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labour Reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migrant Workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Noida Labour Unrest]]></category>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Minimum Wages]]></category>
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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>To Crematorium For Work</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/to-crematorium-for-work/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 14:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amardham Smashanbhumi Nigadi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crematorium]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keshav Gholve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neglected workers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Neglected Workers of Crematorium Crematorium as a place of work sounds a very strange and even repulsive thought. Arvind Shrouti and I decided to...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2025/02/to-crematorium-for-work/">To Crematorium For Work</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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		<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suraksha Scheme]]></category>
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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>Who Worries About Gig Workers</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2023/12/gig-workers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gig workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precariat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unprotected workers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Unprotected and Neglected Class I will present to you my thoughts about Gig workers, we know that the problem is complex, not just complex...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2023/12/gig-workers/">Who Worries About Gig Workers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Hired &#8211; Experiencing The Precariat</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2021/01/hired-experiencing-precariat/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 18:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fllipkart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Bloodworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neoliberal economics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Precariat is the most neglected part of the workforce today; not just in India but all over the world. My blogs on BPCL, Temporary workers’...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2021/01/hired-experiencing-precariat/">Hired &#8211; Experiencing The Precariat</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Untold Ordeal of Suzlon Workers</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/suzlon-workers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 10:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Closure]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Suzlon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Union Social Responsibility]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In my discussion with Arvind Shrouti (Option Positive) who is an adviser to several unions in Pune, we realized that we were looking at the...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/suzlon-workers/">The Untold Ordeal of Suzlon Workers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Tragic Life of Contract Workers At BPCL</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2019/06/contract-workers-bpcl/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CITU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Vivek Monteiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exploitation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Injustice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum Wages]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Surprised I was! I recognised Dr Vivek Monteiro in the post on Facebook. A group of housekeeping and gardening workers were removed from service by...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2019/06/contract-workers-bpcl/">The Tragic Life of Contract Workers At BPCL</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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