Labour

Women's-labour-Woman-carrying-firewood
February 19, 2021
It’s time to compensate women’s unpaid labour
Traditional gender roles burden women with household work. We need to make efforts to reduce, redistribute, and pay for this labour.
by Sona Mitra, Soumya Kapoor Mehta | 5 min read
Labour rights | Three Indian factory workers at work
February 2, 2021
Labour rights have worsened post-lockdown
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.
by Aaditeshwar Seth | 7 min read
line of women workers in garment factory_PC Nayantara Parikh
November 10, 2020
Productivity at what cost?
The working class bears a disproportionate burden of the economic fallout of COVID-19.
by Lavanya Garg, Mansi Kabra | 5 min read
Construction worker fixing a roof
September 25, 2020
Denying workers their rights
The opposition to the new labour codes, explained.
by Working Peoples’ Charter | 12 min read
Woman carrying heavy load of cement on her head
June 12, 2020
Photo essay: The everyday lives of migrants
Migrant labourers built the cities we live in—but how much do we know about their lives and working conditions?
by Dheeraj Dubey | 3 min read
A construction worker in India - Ajaya Behera, Gram Vikas
April 29, 2020
Making labour systems work
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?
by Ashif Shaikh, Seema Nair | 8 min read
A crowded bus in India
March 29, 2020
“The government response cannot begin and end with the lockdown”
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.
by Ashif Shaikh | 5 min read
small bucket hanging on wall
November 15, 2019
Photo essay: Where there are no sewers
A window into the world of the people who clean latrines in urban India.
by C S Sharada Prasad, Isha Ray | 5 min read
Yarns aligned together at a loom
November 1, 2019
Life after the garment factory
Many women workers leave factories when they are still relatively young. What happens to them after they leave the sweatshop?
by Alessandra Mezzadri | 4 min read
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