Labour File

PROFILE

AITUC: The Mother of All CTUOs

Vol. 5, Issue No. 2, January - April, 2007

Sindhu Menon

Have you ever observed a banyan tree at close quarters? Majestic it stands, with its canopy of branches, from which hundreds of tender roots droop down as if to kiss the earth. The deeper and wider the branches spread, the mother trunk stands more graciously, defying age.

A Constructive Initiative of the Construction Workers

Vol. 3, Issue No. 2, March - April, 2005

Labour File News Service

In 1981, TMKTS set a precedent by unionising the construction workers across Tamil Nadu, a move that ran counter to the general perception that construction labour being footloose and informal cannot be organised.