COMMENTARY

The State of Labour


Sharit K. Bhowmik

The past few years have been quite troubled for labour. The most striking feature is the shrinking of labour in the organised (formal) sector. The 2001 Census showed that the total labour force in the country was 402.51 million.

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Sexual Harassment at Workplace after `Vishakha’


Snehal Velkar & Anagha Sarpotdar

Violence against women is a major human rights concern. It is an ancient problem, occurring in and across societies all over the world. Power inequalities between women and men and a patriarchal culture are at the root of this violence.

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From the Old Trade Union Internationals to the New: Commentary on ICFTU/ITUC Congress, Vienna


Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick

The final congresses of the ICFTU and of the WCL took place in Vienna on 31 October 2006. This was followed by the inaugural congress of the ITUC, which includes almost all members of the two former internationals as well as a number of non-aligned national centres.

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Unorganised Workers and the Elusive Social and Economic Rights


J John

On May Day in 2007, India’s organised sector workers have to do it all over again because under globalisation they are losing what they had gained. Worse, for about 93 per cent of workers, the social and economic achievements of the Indian labour movement remain a chimera.

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