![How Wage Theft Robs The Poor](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WageTheft2.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“Wage Theft is so common” my lawyer friend once told me, “It is so common and yet its implications are not grasped by people at…
!['Akkarmashee' A Must Read Biography](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AtharvaTulsi-Unsplash750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
While reading a book, I often pick up a reference of another interesting book. I can’t remember where I read about ‘Akkarmashee’, the autobiography of…
!['Rotten' Shows That Slavery Is Everywhere](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Rotten.png?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
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,…
![The Tragic Life of Contract Workers At BPCL](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CITU-Meeting3-750.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
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…
![A 'Fanatics' Commitment](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WRC-Honduras.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
Here is a communication I received from Chelsea Rudman of WRC. I have posted it without any changes. Students of Industrial Relations will find this…
![Fear, Hope and Issues in Industrial Relations Today](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/imageedit_1_9166982740.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
[Speech delivered at AON HEWITT 11th Annual Performance and Rewards Conference, Mumbai on June 14, 2018] I retired in 2009. The benefit of retirement is…
![Shramik Ekta Mahasangh Files PIL to Challenge NEEM](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Exploitation2.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
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,…
![When I Met Karl Marx and Narayan Surve](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Marx2.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
“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…
![Precarious Work and Challenges Before Trade Unions](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Precarious-work.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
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…
![Anomie in Industrial Relations](https://i0.wp.com/vivekvsp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Exploitation-Labour.jpg?resize=470%2C140&ssl=1)
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…