-The Hindu A year after lakhs of workers made their way back to their home States after the nationwide lockdown was announced in March 2020, their condition has not changed much. With State governments announcing lockdowns and curfews in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, migrant workers could once again be staring at loss of wages and lack of social protections, Labour union leaders and activists said on Thursday. A year after lakhs...
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Covid-19 Surge: Will India Witness A Second Exodus Of Migrant Labourers? -Lola Nayar
-Outlook India If talks of lockdown turn into reality and if it gets implemented for a month or more, then a reverse migration of daily wage Labourers can be expected from impacted cities, say experts Mixed signals from some of the states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka among others is giving rise to concern that a repeat of last year’s exodus of migrant Labourers during the extended lockdown would once again impact operations...
More »Born in the pandemic, these libraries in Bengal run with meagre resources but get people reading -Rohan Datta
-Scroll.in One of them is in Kolkata, and the other, in a village. Both were set up to keep schoolchildren amidst books. The distance between the posh neighbourhood of Patuli in Kolkata and the dusty meandering roads of Ashina village is over 50 kilometres. The villagers of Ashina most likely have never seen the towering housing complexes near the Satyajit Ray Park in Patuli. Similarly, most of the residents of Patuli may...
More »How the Labour market reacted to the Covid-19 triggered lockdowns -Radheshyam Jadhav
-The Hindu Business Line Data show that only 43% of those in informal jobs in Dec 2019 retained them in April 2020 Vs 72% in formal sector Pune: About 1.23 crore migrant Labourers returned to their home States during the Covid – 19 lockdowns during 2020 and once again many State governments including Maharashtra government are considering lockdowns to curb rising Covid-19 cases. While industrial and business sectors are strongly opposing the...
More »Technology enabled digital Labour platforms are not adhering to Labour norms, points out new ILO report
Although services provided by the gig and platform workers touch the lives of each one of us, we have little knowledge about the role of digital Labour platforms in transforming the world of work. Such digital Labour platforms have created unprecedented opportunities for workers, businesses and society. However, they also pose serious threats to decent work and fair competition. A recent report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) shows that the...
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