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		<title>Married to Exploitation</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2026/05/contract-labour-marriage/</link>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exploitation]]></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>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2026/04/noida-labour/</link>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labour Reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Migrant Workers]]></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>Her Tale of Two Books</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/tale-of-two-books/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People At Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lulu Duologues]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>I met Ms Vinu Pillai at Thane HR Group, but I really got to know her well only during the past two or three years....</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2024/09/tale-of-two-books/">Her Tale of Two Books</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[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labour Reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Vivek Monteiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum wage]]></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>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2024/07/contract-workers/</link>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrial relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<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>
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		<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>Welding Cracks At Kalyani Technoweld</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/closure-kalyani-technoweld/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2020 10:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amit Kalyani]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Govindbhai Dholakia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalyani Technoweld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neoliberal policies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Retrenchment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Pune industrialists seem to pick important days to down the shutters without warning and delivering shocks to their employees. We published how Racold closed down...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2020/01/closure-kalyani-technoweld/">Welding Cracks At Kalyani Technoweld</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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		<title>On The Nationwide Strike Jan 8 And 9</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2019/01/nationwide-strike/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 18:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimum wage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precariat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unrest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wage differential]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>All India Trade Union Congress, CITU, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), SEWA and LPF have called for the two-day general nationwide strike on Jan...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2019/01/nationwide-strike/">On The Nationwide Strike Jan 8 And 9</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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		<title>Why HR Managers and CEOs Must Give Contract Labour a Fresh Thought</title>
		<link>https://vivekvsp.com/2018/07/contract-labour/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vivek Patwardhan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2018 15:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Contract workers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labour Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contract Labour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Asset Strategy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>[The author of this article is Mr Sharad Patil, the former Director General of The Employers Federation of India. HR Managers and CEOs alike listen...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://vivekvsp.com/2018/07/contract-labour/">Why HR Managers and CEOs Must Give Contract Labour a Fresh Thought</a> appeared first on <a href="https://vivekvsp.com">Vivek Patwardhan</a>.</p>
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