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Metro Hospitals Nurses Protest: A Partial Victory
The four-day long struggle of the nurses of the five Metro Hospitals in Delhi and Noida ended today, after the management partially agreed to their demands. .... More
Observe Migrant Labour Day; Protect Interest of Migrants: Trade Unions Organise Token Protest in Jantar Mantar
On 9 January 2010, the three day observance of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will come to an end, at Vigyan Bhawan with the full participation of various union ministers, chief ministers of states, prominent PIOs of other countries along with senior government officials. ... More
Labour Rights Violations
Right to Information and Labour
Nov-Dec 2008
editorial
The Right to Information Act and Labour
The Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005 opens up many possibilities for gathering information— information that can rationalise and democratise the thinking process and actions of the government and the citizens.
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cover story
Social Security Act: The Great Indian Tamasha on Unorganised Workers
......J John

The Unorganised Workers Social Security Bill 2007 was debated and passed by the Rajya Sabha in October 2008 and by the Lok Sabha in December 2008. ...

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Towards a Universal Social Security
Wading Their Lives Through Ganges
Safai Karamcharis: Reinvented Untouchables in Modern India
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Article
The Right to Information Act and the Employment Contract ......CS Venkata Ratnam

The Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 provides for setting out the practical regime of the right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote openness, transparency and accountability ...

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Introduction
Introduction  

The Right to Information Act (RTI Act) sets out a practical regime for the realisation of the right to information by ensuring that citizens secure access to information that is under the control of public authorities....

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Book Review
Of Hunger and the Hungry  ......Pratyush Chandra

The book under review is a report that narrates a sad tale of poverty amidst plenty,of the poor untouched by the euphoria of growth-oriented development, both objectively and subjectively....

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from the fields
Right to Information and NREGA  ......Bhanwar Singh Chadana

A key feature of the National Rural Employment Gurantee Act is the crucial role of the panchayat bodies....

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Labour in Those Years
Bhopal Gas Tragedy, 1984: The World's Worst Industrial Disaster  ......Babu P Remesh

The Bhopal gas tragedy of December 1984 remains unparalleled in history as one of the world's worst ever industrial accidents, in terms of the magnitude of destruction and the number of deaths. ...

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