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Topic: Migrant Workers

Operationalising Labour Rights Project Tracks Social Life of Grievances in Garment Factories

Operationalising Labour Rights Project Tracks Social Life of Grievances in Garment Factories

Posted by | Nov 6, 2023

Key insights from Cardiff University & Cividep India’s research on labour rights and access to remedy in Bangalore’s garment industry were presented at a recent conference. Operationalising Labour Rights (OLR) Project, a collaborative initiative by WISERD, Cardiff Business School, and Cividep, uncovers workplace struggles, and highlights role of research in seeking change and empowering workers

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Bitter Brew: Poor working conditions in Nilgiri tea plantations

Bitter Brew: Poor working conditions in Nilgiri tea plantations

Posted by | Dec 27, 2019

Plantation workers of the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu form the backbone of India’s world-famous export-oriented tea industry. We reflect on how they still endure low minimum wage standards, bad housing, and healthcare facilities, roadblocks to effective unionization, double vulnerability as migrants, and overall lack of access to a decent quality of life. 

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Podcast on migrant workers in Bangalore’s garment industry

Podcast on migrant workers in Bangalore’s garment industry

Posted by | Feb 5, 2019

Deepika Rao of Cividep India talks to the Institute for Human Rights and Business in this podcast on the living and working conditions of migrant workers in Bangalore’s garment industry, the numerous ways in which they are denied their rights and entitlements due to their vulnerabilities as outsiders in an alien city.

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