Tag: labour matters

Modern labour hazards: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies… content moderation belongs in the category of dangerous work, comparable to any lethal industry: Milagros Miceli, sociologist Anuj Behal On the veranda of her family’s home, with her laptop balanced on a mud slab built into the wall, Monsumi… Read More Modern labour hazards: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI

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India’s import of waste tyres spells doom

http://www.reporters-collective.in Over the past decade, the Indian automobile industry has registered consistent growth and become the world’s third-largest automobile market. The growth also means the number of end-of-life tyres has increased in India. However, the poor implementation of standards, guidelines, and rules for ensuring waste tyres are properly scrapped or recycled means doom for those… Read More India’s import of waste tyres spells doom

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‘Deeply disturbing’: Unions slam SC dismissal of petition seeking minimum wages for domestic workers

NB: It is truly astonishing and a matter of dismay that the seniormost court in the country should show such lack of empathy combined with disdain for the most basic right of workers – the right to combine and freely associate for obtaining a better life for themselves and their families. The right to organise… Read More ‘Deeply disturbing’: Unions slam SC dismissal of petition seeking minimum wages for domestic workers

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Mainstream, Dec 6, 2025

++++++Readers outside of India can donate hereto support Mainstream Weeklyhttps://tinyurl.com/2rsy4ss6++++++ In this issue DOCUMENTS: BOOKS IMAGE & SOUND Editor’s Picks: Books of Note

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Bulldozer politics: Turkman Gate under Sanjay Gandhi to Jangpura, via Adityanath’s UP

In 1976, it was the Muslims of the walled city deemed ‘in the way’ of Delhi’s progress and in 2025, it will be the urban poor — the migrants of Madrasi Camp and Bhoomiheen Payel Das The recent demolition of two working-class colonies — Madrasi Camp, a six-decade-old settlement, and Bhoomiheen Camp, a three-decade-old one… Read More Bulldozer politics: Turkman Gate under Sanjay Gandhi to Jangpura, via Adityanath’s UP

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Dalit farm labourer ‘lynched’ in Amethi for seeking unpaid wages of about Rs 2,500

While landlord Shubham Singh, has been arrested over Prasad’s death, the victim’s family rued that the police had named only one accused instead of four and charged him only with culpable homicide and not murder Piyush Srivastava A Dalit farm labourer was beaten to death by a rich landowner and his associates for demanding his… Read More Dalit farm labourer ‘lynched’ in Amethi for seeking unpaid wages of about Rs 2,500

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Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes

Thousands marched in cities across the world following the interception of the flotilla and detainment of activists including Greta Thunberg Follow latest updates live As Israeli forces began their long anticipated interception of a pro-Palestinian flotilla nearing war-torn Gaza, the ripples of the event spread across the world, triggering mass demonstrations, diplomatic censure and threats… Read More Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes

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Italian workers’ strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country

NB: I salute Italy’s workers and students. Only mass protest will stop the genocide of the Palestinian people Italy’s grassroots unions, which represent hundreds of thousands of people ranging from school teachers to metal workers, called for a 24-hour general strike in both public and private sectors Thousands of protesters and strikers calling for solidarity… Read More Italian workers’ strike in solidarity with Gaza brings disruptions across the country

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