EDITORIAL

Trade Union Verification: All About Numbers


J John

On 1 March 1924, the Indian Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to introduce a law for registering trade unions in India. The British Indian government prepared and published a draft Bill in September 1924.

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Labour and Creativity


J John

Thus goes an age-old Chinese proverb: “When the sun rises, I go to work. When the sun goes down I take my rest, I dig the well from which I drink, I farm the soil which yields my food, I share creation; kings can do no more.”

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Class or Community: The Existential Dichotomy of Adivasi Workers


J John

At 84.3 million, as per 2001 census, tribals account for 8.2 per cent of the total population of India.

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Bonded Labour: It’s Not Over, But It’s All Over


J John

In 1996, when the Labour File team visited Chirala, the handloom weaving area of Andhra Pradesh, we encountered the different ways that weavers were being exploited.

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