“Optimism with regard to labour as an agency of has been replaced by pessimism that sees little prospect of workers acting on their own behalf.”
NP
“Low labour cost, along with flexibility in labour use, has become a key source of competitive advantage for firms. As external competition intensifies, the domestic industry has come under great pressure...”
Neethi Padmanabhan
“Trade unions do not consider workers from smaller units as workers in the formal sense, or they often cannot access workers inside special industrial zones, behind walls of security. Workers too somet...”
Neethi Padmanabhan
“On November 20, the issued a notification allowing women to work night shifts (7 p.m. to 6 a.m.) in all factories registered under the Factories Act, 1948. [...] In principle, this is a welcome move. ...”
Neethi Padmanabhan
“In a sector where there is systemic failure and worker-management relations are turbulent, putting the onus of worker safety and security in the hands of the management alone can be risky. Moreover, i...”
Neethi Padmanabhan
“Clearly, the disparity between the prospects of win-alls and lose-alls maps perfectly with their respective general socio-economic conditions as determined by class, caste and . The current pandemic c...”
Neethi Padmanabhan