ANALYSIS Brick Kilns and Slave Labour: Observations from Punjab
One brick kiln, with a capacity of producing 30 to 40 lakh units per season, usually employs around 250 workers. Estimates about the number of functioning brick kilns in India vary from 50,000 to 100,000.
Read MoreRights of Women as Workers: Some Issues and Questions
A remarkable feature of the current phase of the labour movement in India is the increasing participation of women in trade unions. Female membership of trade unions rose dramatically from just 5,94,000 in 1991 to 18,71,000 in 2002.
Read MoreOverall Increase and Sectoral Setbacks: Lessons from Central Trade Union Verification 2002 Data
The Ministry of Labour, Government of India (GoI), recognises Central Trade Union Organisations (CTUOs) as those trade union organisations, the affiliates of which are spread over at least four states and in four industries and have 5 lakh members.
Read More`Tribalising` the Adivasi
In India, the bonded labour system was abolished 30 years ago with the enactment of Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1976. To date, more than 2,86,245 bonded labourers, most of whom are Adivasis and Dalits, have been released and rehabilitated, according to official figures
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