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Indebted They Live… The Vulnerable Labour Force of India
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At a time when India is in a state of general excitement about its economic achievements and high growth rates, it has become rather unfashionable to speak about labour bondage and the slave-like relations of production that continue to exist in different sectors of India’s informal economy....
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Save the Coast, Save the Fishers: Scrap CMZ Notification
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On 20 June 2008, along the 8100 km coast line of India, the fishing community will raise their voices to unanimously proclaim and demand the withdrawal of the Coastal Management Zone regulation
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The ILO Convention and a National Legislation for Workers in the Fishing Sector
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| The ILO Convention and a National Legislation for the Workers in Fishing Sector |
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For fish workers across the world, 14 June 2007 turned out to be a day of historical importance. Innovative new labour standards designed to improve the conditions for.....
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| Work in Fishing Convention 2007: Are We Expecting Too Much? |
| ......A J Vijayan |
The Work in Fishing Convention 2007 and the Recommendation concerning Work in the Fishing Sector 2007 adopted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) prescribes new labour standards for the 'fishing sector'. ...
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| ILO Fishing Convention: Role of the Trade Unions |
......Thampan Thomas |
The adoption of a Convention that set the standards for work in the fishing sector by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in the 96th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June, is a milestone in improving the living conditions of 80 million fishermen all over the world. ...
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| Social Security Monitor |
| Heading Towards Social Security |
......Labourfile News Service |
On 24 May 2007, the Union Cabinet approved a plan for the provision of social security to unorganised sector workers. The main provision of the plan is to constitute a National Advisory Board to design, from time to time, suitable welfare schemes for different sections of unorganised workers and to recommend the same to the government. ...
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| C188 Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 Adoption: 14.06.2007 |
......Labourfile News Service |
The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office,...
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| Opinion |
| The Dawn of Improved Labour Standards for Fishers |
......Brandt Wagner |
The harvesting of fish, of marine resources, takes place in the often-challenging marine environment. When the weather conditions are harsh, as they often are, or when the catch itself presents a risk, the rate of accidents and event fatalities can be quite high. In ...
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| Labour in Those Years |
| Indentured Indian Workers' Uprising in Plantation |
......Babu P Remesh |
Leonora in British Guyana merits a special reference in India's labour history, being the location of the celebrated riot of indentured workers on 3 August 1869. ...
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