Entire villages in Bihar migrate each year to work in brick kilns under inhumane conditions. NewsCentral24x7 spoke to some of these workers.
Tag: labour laws
Modern-Day Slavery: Delhi Factory Workers Work 10 Hours Every Day To Earn Less Than Minimum Wage, Netas Remain Unfazed
A worker said, “Even if the netas do show up, they talk to the factory owners, not us.”
‘The Majority Of Mankind Is Ground Down By Industrial Oppression’: 14 Important Quotes To Remember On Labour Day
In India, May Day was first celebrated in 1923 in Madras, where a resolution was passed to declare May 1 as a holiday.
‘If BJP Wins, Labour Laws Won’t Survive’: AICCTU Releases Charter of Workers’ Demands Ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
The demands include increasing minimum wages to Rs 26,000, generation of dignified employment opportunities, proper survey of all factories and more.
‘Delhi Chalo’: Thousands of Workers to March to Parliament Against Modi Govt’s Anti-Labour Policies
“A country runs on workers’ toil. But the country’s working class neither gets respect for their labour nor do they make their ends meet with their wage.”