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Anti-labour laws bring unity of purpose in trade unions
16 Jan 2013 11:05 PM GMTThe 45th Session of the Standing Labour Committee (SLC), held in Delhi, on 3 January, 2013, set the Agenda for the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) –...
Of bondage and lost childhoods
10 Dec 2012 3:41 AM GMTKeeping a worker in bondage in rural or urban area, in agrarian sector, in a factory or even at homes is a shameful practice. However, the bonded...
Trade unions assert their presence
12 Oct 2012 11:28 PM GMTUnder the United Progressive Alliance [UPA] regimes, which have been committed to reforms, the country’s labour movement and labour unionisation have...
Workers, united we stand
13 Aug 2012 12:23 AM GMTThe central trade union organisations (CTUOs) have come to the conclusion that they have to resort to a ‘higher form’ of nationwide action to force...
Government’s labour pains
3 July 2012 1:49 AM GMTThe union labour ministry under Mallikarjun Kharge seems to be waking up to the fast growing labour problems in the country, which need to be attended...
Manual scavenging still a national shame
21 May 2012 7:08 AM GMTThe scavengers or sanitary workers belong to the lowliest of the toilers among country's 450 million work force. Their working and living conditions...
Labour movement at crossroads
7 May 2012 3:16 AM GMTThe labour movement in India is at a crossroads. This became obvious when 11 Central Trade Union Organisations met on 26 April in the INTUC Delhi...