Child workers want their unions recognised

The registrar of trade unions has refused to acknowledge the Bal Mazdoor Union (BMU), an association of working children in Delhi. Though the …

Workers don’t count

The recent strike reflects how the workers’ bargaining power has been crushed, and the impotence of the Left to lead them

Nigeria’s WTO candidate gets Africa’s backing

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a candidate contesting for director-general at the World Trade Organization, has worked for 25 years at the World Bank &…

Making labour the fall guy

BJP thinks undoing labour laws will spur a manufacturing boom. Even now workers enjoy little protection or social security

Tamil Nadu’s garment workers ‘modern-day slaves’: Dutch Report

Workers at state’s textile mills are usually Dalit women, who live and work in appalling conditions, says report

Developing issues

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Protests against Kishanganga dam prompt authorities to impose restrictions on civilians

Residents accuse NHPC of paying too little compensation for land; attempt to stall ongoing work

World Trade Outcry

How inevitable was the collapse of talks at the World Trade Organization? How engineered was it? CLIFFORD POLYCARP reports from the streets and …

Labour vs pollution

Ever since the Supreme Court (sc) ordered closure/relocation of polluting units in Delhi, which subsequently left nearly 50,000 people jobless,…