Category: Labor
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Punjabi Workers in Toronto Are Fighting Wage Theft—And They’re Winning
Inspired by India’s recent farmer protests, immigrant truckers and students are bringing fresh militant tactics to their struggle for worker justice in the greater…
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Indian Farmers Rise Up Against Corporatization
Thousands of Indian farmers have parked outside the capital Delhi for more than 100 days. They have pitched tents on five highways that lead…
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Nestle workers locked out of Kabirwala factory for months
Workers at a Nestle factory in Kabirwala, Pakistan are engaged in a months-long struggle with factory management and the multinational corporation. South Asia Labor…
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Organizing the Invisible: The Movement to Unionize Domestic Workers in Bangalore
by Lavanya Nott It is a weekday afternoon in early October. About fifteen women ranging in age from about twenty to sixty gather in…
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Whither the World: a short note on Narendra Modi
If you have spent any time on social media that deals with India, you have run across the name of its new Prime Minister,…
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7/26/14: National day of action against REI
On this Saturday, students across the United States are asking you to join them in a national day of actions at outlets of REI, a…
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Big up, BIGUF
Nomita Nath is the 26-year-old President of the Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation, the largest garment workers’ union federation in Bangladesh. BIGUF has 42…