Inside Amazon India’s pressure cooker warehouses: Workers ‘forced to meet unrealistic targets in 55C heat’

Amazon warehouse staff in India are still being forced to work in temperatures as high as 55C and the majority feel conditions are too hot to be safe, according to …

Not so clean: Why workers are leaving India’s green energy projects

A month into his new job at the world’s largest renewable energy park in Khavada in Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, Anawar Alam was planning his escape. Hired along with 17 …

Little Tech Goes Global: The Expansion of AI and Workplace Surveillance

“As artificial intelligence reshapes the future of work, a new form of digital oversight is spreading quietly and rapidly across the globe—not from Big Tech, but from a sprawling network …

40 people freed from bonded labour in Andhra Pradesh

In a significant rescue operation, Prakasam district authorities, alongside police and NGO representatives, freed 40 individuals from bonded labour at two shrimp farms near Ananthavaram village of Tanguturu mandal. The …

ILO Working Paper: The role of collective bargaining in promoting just transitions

This working paper explores the role of collective bargaining in achieving a just transition, drawing on recent literature and a sample of 512 collective agreements. An in-depth study of six …

Bihar Passes Four Labour Bills Including Gig Workers’ Welfare and Skill University

The Bihar Platform Based Gig Workers Bill mandates compulsory registration of platforms and aggregators within 60 days, with gig workers receiving unique IDs to access welfare schemes. The bill provides …

Global shoe brands tied to toxic tannery conditions in India

n Ranipet, the air smells of chemicals amid gleaming leather goods bound for Europe. This bustling tannery hub in Tamil Nadu, south India, supplies some of the world’s biggest shoe …

Calcutta High Court’s MGNREGA order underlines people shouldn’t suffer for the corruption of a few

In a recent verdict, the Calcutta High Court has directed the Centre to resume work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in West Bengal from August 1. …

Karnataka’s Gig Worker Ordinance Mandates Platform Registration and Welfare Fund Contributions

Karnataka has passed an ordinance to regulate app-based gig work. The Platform-Based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Ordinance, 2025 applies to services like ride-hailing and food delivery. It requires …

Inside Tamil Nadu’s textile factories where women reel under harsh summer heat

“I fainted on the garment factory floor yesterday.” That’s how Thivya Rakini, a trade union leader and worker rights advocate, began recounting her visit to a garment factory in Dindigul. …