Tag: labour matters

Released from jail after a decade, Professor Saibaba says ‘it’s a miracle to be alive’

NB: The High Court said the sanction for prosecution granted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) was null and void; and had been given by the state authority without ‘application of mind’. It also said the report by the independent authority recommending invocation of UAPA provisions was a ‘cryptic and a laconic half page… Read More Released from jail after a decade, Professor Saibaba says ‘it’s a miracle to be alive’

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‘He had no idea he was being sent to a war zone’: the Indian and Nepalese men on frontlines in Ukraine

Signing up for jobs in Russia, Germany or Dubai, young men have been ‘made to join the Russian military’, their families say When Hemil Mangukiya left his small village in the Indian state of Gujarat last December, he told his family he was off to Russia to make a better living than was possible at home in… Read More ‘He had no idea he was being sent to a war zone’: the Indian and Nepalese men on frontlines in Ukraine

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Labour’s libel

Historical significance of the battle over the SNP’s motion was Labour’s willingness to dog whistle about British Muslims, to insinuate that pro-Palestinian activist posed a violent threat to its MPs Mukul Kesavan Last week, there was a procedural wrangle in the House of Commons over a motion asking for a ceasefire in Gaza sponsored by… Read More Labour’s libel

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Gaza war: India’s Water Transport Workers’ Union refuses to load, unload Israel-bound weapons on any ships

They have taken the decision after seeing any role in enabling ship to carry armaments which may aggravate the war in Gaza and particularly in Rafah. Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine war, the Water Transport Workers Federation of India – representing 3,500 workers at 11 major Indian ports – declared to refuse to load or unload… Read More Gaza war: India’s Water Transport Workers’ Union refuses to load, unload Israel-bound weapons on any ships

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The Fractured Trajectory of Scientific Management and the Rationalization of Labor

By Judi Auderset (Referenced in Adam Tooze, Chartbook, June 12, 2023) Abstract: Scientific management and work rationalization are usually associated with the rise of industrial capitalism and factory labor. This narrow perspective, however, obscures the rural and agricultural spaces in which practices of labor management and work rationalization were important throughout the 19th and 20th… Read More The Fractured Trajectory of Scientific Management and the Rationalization of Labor

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Algorithms of Exclusion

Reporters Collective A I series Haryana used the state’s Family ID database and algorithms to identify genuine beneficiaries of welfare schemes. The database wrongly listed thousands of citizens as dead. Result: They lost their pensions. The Collective’s Tapasya travelled to Haryana to understand how states are using artificial intelligence in an unintelligent way, at a… Read More Algorithms of Exclusion

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Conversations with a textile worker in Surat / सूरत में एक कपड़ा मजदूर से बातचीत

Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu and Surat in Gujarat are the preeminent textile clusters in India. In Surat there are two million workers in fifty thousand textile manufacturing units. Surat is a hub for synthetic fibres, especially sarees. At ease conversations on 27 and 28 December 2023 with a printing & dyeing factory worker in an… Read More Conversations with a textile worker in Surat / सूरत में एक कपड़ा मजदूर से बातचीत

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