Four months ago, sanitation workers began a protest outside the Ripon Building, HQ of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), demanding permanent employment, opposing privatisations and calling on the GCC to “recall to work those who were dismissed”. These workers are paid a pittance, Rs.15,000 or…
Indian workers are resorting to unnecessary surgical procedures in order to work longer hours, or eke out a little extra money on the side, literally sacrificing their organs on the altar of profit. It is hard to imagine a crueler metaphor for the vampiric nature…
Nearly 1,500 workers at Samsung’s massive plant in Chennai have battled the courts and the corrupt state government, both of which lined up behind their predatory multinational employer, to win recognition of their union. In addition to a 212-day legal fight, they launched a strike…
