Hard work pays

Hard manual labour may actually reduce the risk of breast cancer in women

Pesticide poisoning

Kerala's tryst with pesticide-related deaths continue

British trade union Amicus builds an international alliance

Icy sweat-shops

Facing the truth

After decades of denial, US admits that radiation killed nuclear weapons workers

The colour of trade

Environmental provisions find mention in a free trade agreement

SC's lays down rules for manhole cleaning

Fatal exposure

Workers exposed to pesticides over a long period of time may run the risk of contracting cancer

Damage control

The Union labour ministry discusses the safety and health problems of the workers at Alang

Pay hike

Labourers in Tripura plantations get a better deal

Americans want low-cost, quality health care

Hillary Rodham Clinton, head of the US President's task force on health, has a tough task ahead in providing Americans with low-cost, quality …

Stories of success and failure

Appetite for danger

Jobs involving hazardous chemicals actually select people with the appropriate genes

No greenhorn

FM focuses on political environment

Orissa kendu leaf workers end strike

Rs 1 crore due to NREGS workers in UP

Bihar in reverse gear

State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA

Closure of stone crushers leaves labour high and dry

Fiery protest

An immolation bid by a Bhopal resident leads to closure of polluting factories

Mercury threat

Mining accounts for more labour deaths

Tannery workers in Kanpur risk DNA damage

Trivalent chromium, widely used in tanning industry, and thought to be harmless found to be the culprit

MGNREGS workers in Kerala to get pension

State and Centre to contribute Rs 1,000 each per head

Afforestation wages in cash

Chhattisgarh violates Supreme Court order

In short