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8 ARTICLES
L&T chairman is right about labour availability, but not about its exact reasons
Last week, Larsen & Toubro chairman S. N. Subrahmanyan blamed welfare schemes for unavailability of labour. There are other factors in play too.
18 Feb 2025
After govt push, Samsung India workers strike called off
Samsung management is now expected to file a written reply addressed to the conciliation officer addressing demands by the striking workers.
15 Oct 2024
Does the Samsung India worker strike signal a deeper crisis?
The conglomerate’s Tamil Nadu unit is seeing its largest case of collective action and there seems to be more at stake than what meets the eye.
22 Sept 2024
Sriperumbudur’s workers want to shake off the yoke, unionize
The flourishing SEZ near Chennai is witnessing an activism surge as workers allege oppression in MNCs like Samsung and Flextronics.
12 Jul 2024
Apple supplier Foxconn doesn’t want married women to work at its India plant: Report
The Taiwanese manufacturer’s factory near Chennai, which drew flak earlier for poor living conditions, has raised eyebrows again for its discriminatory hiring practices.
25 Jun 2024
MNREGA buckles under Digital India push
A glitch-prone digital attendance system and mandatory Aadhaar-linked bank accounts to receive wages have hit the very people the rural jobs scheme was meant to benefit.
18 Mar 2023
Why India is silent on the deaths of its migrant workers in Qatar
Nearly 2,500 Indian workers involved in projects for the ongoing FIFA World Cup reportedly died between 2010 and 2020. Yet, the government chose not to take a public stand.
03 Dec 2022
COVID-19 and the crippling of Indian manufacturing
Peering at the economic damage to come through the lens of the Haryana industrial belt
14 Apr 2020