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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Cividep India’s inputs find mention in this comprehensive article series on discriminatory and inhuman working conditions faced by Bangalore’s garment workers.
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Conversations with young, first-generation female workers of electronics factories in the industrial hub of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu on how they perceive industrialization and its consequent changes on their formerly rural landscapes, their lives, and whether their jobs are meeting their newfound expectations and aspirations for a better life.
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The ‘Stitching our Shoes’ research report co-authored by Cividep, Homeworkers Worldwide and Labour Behind the Label, is featured in this piece by Reuters. Our research reports how women homeworkers of Tamil Nadu, women who are an integral part of the global supply-chain manufacturing high-end shoes, but get paid below minimum wages and have no recognition as workers.
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