Rights of Working People | CJP

17-May-2024

Invisible Hands: Workers within the Political Economy of IITs This article is the first in a series examining the labour practices of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), with a specific focus on IIT Bombay. Renowned as premier educational institutions in India, IITs are held in high esteem by the public. However, these institutions are engaging in labour practices that violate existing laws and exploit contract workers.

21-Oct-2023

Giving the Gig Worker bargaining power: Rajasthan’s Gig worker Law Legislation brought in by Rajasthan guarantees social security, accountability from aggregator employers making visible a workforce that we treat as dispensable

10-Apr-2023

बनारस का बुनकर समाज अपनी सदियों पुरानी परंपरा को बचाने के लिए संघर्ष कर रहा है हमने बुनकरों सवाल किया की उनकी सरकार से मांग क्या है?

13-Feb-2023

Bamboo artisans in Bengal are at threat of losing their livelihoods The once-thriving bamboo industry is struggling to stay afloat

07-Feb-2023

Bengal’s winter delicacy Nolen Gur: Why it might disappear soon Jaggery traders worry that their profession is being threatened

01-Feb-2023

वाराणसी: दो वक्त की रोटी के लिए जूझ रहा लाखों लोगों का तन ढंकने वाला बुनकर कारीगर बेहद खराब माली हालत के चलते बुनकरों के बच्चे पढ़ लिख नहीं पा रहे हैं।

18-Jan-2023

Young migrant worker held by Police in Chennai, CJP comes to the rescue 16-year-old Sahib was locked up in a children’s home

16-Jan-2023

Nobody cares about us | The plight of a migrant worker Kajal Sheikh opens his heart out to CJP fellow Tinku Sheikh

12-Jan-2023

बनारस: सस्ती बिजली के वादे से मुक़री उत्तरप्रदेश सरकार। आंदोलन की राह पर बुनकर बुनकर साझा मंच कर रही आंदोलन की तैयारी

10-Jan-2023

CJP Grassroots Fellow assists 40 daily wage workers in their fight for pending wages Labour contractor arrives at an understanding with workers after CJP fellow intervenes with authorities

09-Jan-2023

Policy exclusions under Labour Codes limit efficacy of post Covid-19 migrant worker initiatives A close look at some of governments post pandemic policies for migrants reveals that key structural exclusions in the labour codes, the one nation, one ration card (ONORC) and PMAY schemes threaten serious exclusions

07-Jan-2023

महंगाई की मार और बिजली संकट से त्रस्त बनारस के बुनकर, आंदोलन पर जाने को मजबूर बनारस की गलियों में अपनी कारीगरी से कपड़ा बुनने वाले बुनकरों की बेबसी झलक रही है। महंगाई की मार और सरकारों की उपेक्षा ने इलाके के सैकड़ों परिवारों को बदहाली की कगार पर ला दिया है।

13-Oct-2022

Stone quarries and mines shut down across Birbhum: Unemployment, Silicosis haunt workers They were shut down after authorities deemed them illegal, but now lives and livelihoods of thousands of people are in jeopardy

10-Oct-2022

चुनार – कैसे एक मुगलकालीन ऐतिहासिक शहर बना सांप्रदायिक सौहार्द का प्रतीक एक ओर है देवी-देवताओं की पारंपरिक मूर्तियां, वहीं गंगा किनारे है सूफी संत सुलेमान शाह की दरगाह

11-Aug-2022

From popcorn sellers to plumbers, the Covid 19 Lockdown spared no one! Four men, all part of the informal economy, tell us how they are still struggling to make a living

30-May-2022

Do you know why hundreds of weavers were lonely in Varanasi this Eid? Unemployment, electricity policy forcing weavers to look for work in other states

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