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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.

30-Nov-2023

Madurai, TN: Five Dalits attacked with swords, including a 5-year-old The attack took place after an altercation, police have arrested two suspects

22-May-2023

New offices to address migrant labour issues in Bengal, workers express relief Bangla Sanskriti Manch has been advocating for migrant worker help centres for years

17-May-2023

Kerala: Brutal lynching of migrant labour brings vigilantism back into focus In the second lynching case, eerily similar to that of Attappady Madhu, 37-year-old Bihar youth Rajesh Manjhi was beaten to death by a mob at Kizhissery in the early hours of Sunday, May 14

14-Apr-2023

Manual scavenging: Hate crime with caste discrimination at its root, Indian Railways an offender Even as the Supreme Court, directs the union & state governments to meet to discuss measures to prevent manual scavenging, governments remain among the worst offenders

16-Jan-2023

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

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

08-Dec-2022

Contractor’s failure to pay wages leaves Bengal migrant workers in distress 16 migrant workers struggle to get their dues in Maharashtra

31-Mar-2022

CJP Impact: Four migrant workers from Birbhum district get long overdue wages CJP fellow’s intervention led to release of dues to the tune of Rs 1,80,000

13-Jan-2022

सीजेपी ने की असम पुलिस से थानों में सीसीटीवी कैमरे लगाने की जोरदार मांग वकीलों, किसानों और श्रमिक संगठनों द्वारा पेश मेमोरेंडम में सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा एक साल पहले दिए गए दिशा-निर्देशों के हवाले से इस मांग का जोरदार समर्थन

06-Dec-2021

CJP urges Assam Police to install CCTVs in police stations Memorandum backed by organisations of lawyers, farmers and labourers highlights SC directives from a year ago

25-Oct-2021

Carving flowers on wood, and praying for a better future Lockdown has robbed Birbhum’s furniture industry of its sheen, the artists are slowly turning into migrant labourers

14-Aug-2021

“Even if I don’t get to eat in the village, I will die in peace here” Migrant workers who returned home and took to small-time farming, unable to sustain the families

29-May-2021

Meet Ramu Ghumman, the happiest man in Vasai A labourer who eats only when he earns, yet never complains

20-Mar-2021

Lockdown Impact: Crushing debt, mounting bills Part-3 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry

12-Mar-2021

Lockdown Impact: Weaver family drowning in debt Part-2 of our on-going series based on CJP's Purvanchal fact-finding mission examining the decline of the traditional weaving industry

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