Labour

A day in the life of Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, whose personal caste and class struggles have led her to dedicate her life to protect the rights of workers.

A look into the challenges faced by blue-collar workers during this pandemic shows us why we need to build on the momentum of the NEP and invest in skill development.

Traditional gender roles burden women with household work. We need to make efforts to reduce, redistribute, and pay for this labour.

The work crunch due to COVID-19 has put pressure on labour rights, with workers having to do as their companies demand, or lose their jobs.

The working class bears a disproportionate burden of the economic fallout of COVID-19.

The new labour codes provide no social protection to workers, despite claims of benefitting those working in the gig economy and other informal sectors.

Migrant labourers built the cities we live in—but how much do we know about their lives and working conditions?

The lockdown has exposed the extreme vulnerability of migrant workers. Could it also help to create a system of labour and profit that is more balanced and equitable?

Efforts undertaken by nonprofits and volunteers to address the plight of stranded migrant workers are being impeded by the lack of clarity or response from the government.

A window into the world of the people who clean latrines in urban India.