Representatives of labour unions in the tripartite National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) say they are concerned that labour rights could be prone to violations as Sri Lanka pushes to attract investors and industrialists to the North and East. They hope to raise this issue with the NLAC before long. There are constant violations of labour [...]
Ahmedabad police on Saturday detained nearly 500 workers, mostly women, associated with the Indian Link Workers’ Union of Ahmedabad near the Majoor Mahajan office at Lal Darwaza for protesting against the Swarnim Gujarat celebrations. The police said the women workers had organised a protest against the Swarnim Gujarat celebrations alleging that the event made no [...]
May 1 – the World Labour Day when millions of workers across the world stage demonstrations, hold rallies and organise gatherings to commemorate the proud struggle of the working class and sacrifices of the Chicago martyrs for the labour movement besides making a pledge to continue their struggle against the forces of exploitation. Workers and [...]
Self-Employment Women’s Association (SEWA), one of the member groups of CAW has organized an exhibition to promote women weavers. The exhibition aimed at providing a platform for women to sell their products, and supports them in improving their socio-economic status, and building a sustainable income through different opportunities. The handicrafts on display included garments, home furnishings, art [...]
Although great efforts have been made to ensure equality for women in the Indian society — viewed from a broad perspective — it is evident that the gender concerns are on the periphery, than woven into all agendas of both the employer organisations and trade unions. The male-dominated unions prefer to let the women specific [...]
Manila: The global economic downturn could push 21 million people in the Asia-Pacific region into extreme poverty, a UN-led study showed on Wednesday, urging governments to add social protection measures in their stimulus programmes. “There’s been too much focus on just economic growth, and not enough on how that growth is being distributed and what [...]
In June 2009, the Triumph International Thailand announced to laid off 1935 workers in Thailand and 1660 workers in the Philippines. Since then, the workers in both countries have been picketing the factories and the Ministry of Labour in Thailand. They demanded the immediate reinstatement of the workers and a guarantee that Triumph’s global restructuring [...]
‘This time I’ll lock you out for five years’ – Tata Tea’s garden manager threatens further collective punishment and starvation at Nowera Nuddy. Workers at the Tata Tea controlled Nowera Nuddy plantation in West Bengal in India have been threatened again with collective punishment and starvation, this time directly by the general manager of the [...]
Nearly one thousand tea workers and their families continue to suffer collective punishment at the hands of India’s Tata Group. Workers at the Nowera Nuddy Tea Estate in West Bengal, India went without pay, food and rations from September 14 until December 12 last year following a protest in August over the mistreatment of Mrs. [...]
Widespread gender discrimination needs to be tackled effectively to ensure that more female workers get access to vocational training, gain knowledge and skills and increase their competitiveness, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported experts as saying. At a two-day conference in HCM City that ended on Feb 2, Trinh Thi Thu Nga, a senior official of [...]
