Mother's little helper

Choking effects

Workers suffer from respiratory ailments after cleaning World Trade Centre debris

The women who are left behind

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Workers in unorganised sector lack social security

In court

Live in Mumbai, work in Mumbai, but these workers can't vote in Mumbai

Ragpickers, DNT members and construction workers in India's financial capital don't possess the most powerful tool in democracy

People's initiatives

Orissa and UP villages once again prove that people are better managers of natural resources than today's obdurate governments

Power Point

Experts have given conflicting reports on the Tehri dam

Deluge

A dark tunnel

Twenty-nine workers were killed in a landslide at the Tehri dam. The contractor building the dam has blamed the "weak mountains" for …

India’s migrant construction workers: An analysis of their welfare framework

There are prominent shortcomings in implementation, especially registration of workers and and collection and distribution of Cess

Making migrants count: The role of Indian judiciary amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Supreme Court’s recent order has shifted the focus from protecting workers’ legal rights to government largesse 

COVID-19 lockdown cost 80% informal sector workers their jobs: Survey

Besides being unemployed, workers had borrowed heavily and had not had enough nutrition during and after the lockdown, the report said

Bihar doctors worried as more healthcare workers fall prey to COVID-19

At least 150 healthcare professionals, including 100 doctors, have tested positive for COVID-19 so far in the state

Invest in the most vulnerable to tide over COVID-19 crisis

India needs to be a country that achieves progress that’s equitable in the true spirit of its Constitution

COVID-19 labour laws dilution: ‘Neo-liberal character has eroded welfare state’

We have moved back to the 19th century in regard to labour laws, says labour economist KR Shyam Sundar