‘We’re being pushed into poverty’: Voices of women who took on the unicorn start-up Urban Company

Frustrated by rules they see as onerous, a bunch of beauticians are speaking up – and sometimes being heard.

Karishma Mehrotra

· Jan 13, 2022 · 11:30 am

Are India’s much-lauded startups failing their women workers?

Recent protests outside Urban Company’s head office highlight the gendered nature of work in the country’s digital economy.

Abhishek Sekharan

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Ambika Tandon

· Nov 23, 2021 · 09:00 am

Why violence against domestic workers in Bangladesh largely goes unreported and unpunished

Poor families are hesitant about seeking action against abusive employers. Besides, a lax legal system allows abusers to get away.

Faisal Mahmud

· Sep 08, 2021 · 06:30 am

Ocean fishing boats could be using forced labour, scientists find using satellite data

A study shows that up to 100,000 individuals may have been victims of forced labour between 2012 and 2018 on 16,000 ships examined.

Gavin McDonald, The Conversation

· Dec 24, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Qatar announces new minimum wage – but will it actually be able to hold violators accountable?

Of the country’s two million-plus labour force, 700,000 are Indian.

Nikhil Eapen

· Sep 18, 2020 · 07:30 am

How India can strengthen its social security code to include the 422 million workers left behind

The draft Code on Social Security, currently being discussed in Parliament, seeks to merge nine existing legislations.

Santosh Mehrotra

· Jun 12, 2020 · 11:30 am

Is Uttar Pradesh’s decision to suspend 35 labour laws legal? Experts believe it could be challenged

The list of laws proposed to be suspended contains Centrals laws. Suspending them would require the President’s approval.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· May 09, 2020 · 07:30 am

In the isolation of the Covid-19 era, how do peoples’ movements build solidarity to demand rights?

As the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan turned 30 with a virtual ‘mela’, there was agreement that the crisis will have to be faced with creative imagination.

Nikhil Dey

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Aruna Roy

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Shankar Singh

· May 04, 2020 · 07:30 am

Imagining a post-pandemic May Day: Will India finally treat workers with the dignity they deserve?

The Covid-19 lockdown has made it impossible to ignore the precarious plight of millions of informal sector workers, many of them migrants.

Pinaki Roy

· May 01, 2020 · 07:30 am

Municipal workers in India are protesting against GPS watches that link their ‘efficiency’ to wages

How the push for smart cities and a Swachh Bharat is leading to privacy rights violations.

Anuradha Nagaraj, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Mar 20, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Voices from the labour strike: Why workers across India observed a ‘Bharat bandh’ on Wednesday

From poor and delayed wages to discrimination against contract workers, labourers have a litany of unaddressed complaints.

Aarefa Johari

· Jan 09, 2020 · 06:30 am

Indian states rarely give back anything to the internal migrants who help them flourish

With the exception of Kerala and a few others, states have few employment, education or welfare initiatives to integrate migrants.

Varun Aggarwal, Priyansha Singh and Rohini Mitra, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 28, 2019 · 01:30 pm