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Clippings and Articles for
Organisations working on
Human Rights and Legal Advocacy

Labour & Law
March 2009	Saving precious skills by Bharat Dogra, The Statesman, 06 Mar 2009 Cover Story: smoked out... not yet, The Statesman, 01 Mar 2009 Work & equal pay come home to village women by Cithara Paul, The Telegraph, 04 Mar 2009 Graveyard shift goes the smoking way, DNA, 17 Mar 2009
December 2008	House passes unorganised sector Bill, The Business Standard, 18 Dec 2008 Beneath the glitz, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Frontline, 19 Dec 2008 NCW slams live-ins of convenience, Vineeta Pandey, DNA, 20 Dec 2008 As demand slows, cos slow dispute resolution, Shally Seth, MINT, 22 Dec 2008 Slavery’s modern face, Andrew Buncombe, The Statesman, 28 Dec 2008 Full Circle, Business Standard, 28 Dec 2008 Unorganized sector needs a stimulus too, Himanshu, MINT, 17 Dec 2008 Flexicurity not for India, Sreelatha Menon, The Business Standard, 14 Dec 2008 What happened to regular workers wages, Himanshu, Mint, 03 Dec 2008 Deferment of pictorial warnings gives beedi workers breather, Khushboo Narayan, Aveek Datta & C R Sukumar, Mint, 05 Dec 2008 Ethnic Separation, Teresa Rehman, Tehelka Magazine, 06 Dec 2008 Bondage In A Free World, Urvashi Butalia, Tehelka Magazine, 06 Dec 2008
November 2008	When no one knocks, Sakuntala Narasimhan, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 23 Nov 2008 A smart approach to public health, The Hindu, Chennai, 19 Nov 2008 Dirty business, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, 17 Nov 2008 Banarasi silk industry loses sheen, Saubhadro Chatterji, The Business Standard, Magazine, 12 Nov 2008 Insuring against job loss, The Business Standard, Magazine, 20 Nov 2008 Time to halt 'murders in manholes', Anita Ratnam, The Deccan Herald, Bangalolre, 20 Nov 2008
October 2008	PF and pension, leave for maids?, S. Seethalakshmi, The Asian Age, Mumbai, 02 Oct 2008 The untold story about Noida CEO's murder, Manoj Mitta, The Times of India, Mumbai,06 Oct 2008 Much ado about unorganised workers' Bill, P S M Rao, DNA, Mumbai, 08 Oct 2008 High Court warns against violation of its order, The Hindu, Chennai,17 Oct 2008, 'My Management Did It!', Anjuli Bhargava, The Business Standard, Mumbai,18 Oct 2008
September 2008	Rajasthan's pension scheme for unorganised sector draws praise, Siddharth Zarabi, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 08 Sep 2008 Women govt staffers to get up to 3 years as 'child care' leave, Ashish Sinha, The Times of India, Mumbai, 16 Sep 2008 Now, women can avail of balance maternity leave, Ashish Sinha , The Times of India, Mumbai, 16 Sep 2008 Welfare of construction workers: SC seeks report from states, Lawyers Collective Magazine, 01 Jun 2008 Working mothers get a well-deserved break, Gaurav Choudhury, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 04 Sep 2008
July 2008	A life of ‘dirt’, danger, drudgery at work, Vidya Venkat, The Hindu, 06 Jul 2008 Labour pains before exit, M J Antony, The Business Standard, Mumbai , 09 Jul 2008 Scavenger rehab plan a failure: help groups, Vikas Pathak, The Hindustan Times, 16/07/2008 Unorganised Still, Bharat Dogra, Frontier, 22 Jul 2008 Latter-day slaves, H Singh, Tehelka, 05 Jul 2008 Vulnerable Jobs for Women, Kanaga Raja, Frontier, 13 Jul 2008
June 2008	Court: airlines can ground overweight air hostesses , The Hindu, 05/06/2008 Blueprint on pension for the masses, Ashish Aggarwal, The Business Standard, 01/06/2008 NCW for social security cover for domestic help, Chetan Chauhan, The Hindustan Times, 22/07/2008 Women In Unorganised Sector: The Issue Of Welfare Schemes And Social Security, Arani Sinha, Subaltern, 01/04/2008 US indicts India on human trafficking and bonded labour, Krishnamurthy Ramasubbu, MINT, 12/06/2008 Between Hunger and the Deep Blue Sea, Pradip Prabhu, Labour File, 01/05/2007 Scavenging dignity, Harsh Mander, The Hindu, 29/06/2008 Social Security for Contractual Labour: Issues and Challenges, P.K. Bhargava, Mainstream, 30/05/2008
May 2008	'More jobs but no security', Rukmini Shrinivasan, The Times of India, 01 May 2008 Labour laws not to be eased in tax-free zones, Sidhartha, The Business Standard, Mumbai, 23 May 2008 Govt rejects stock option on PF, Jatin Gandhi, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 23 May 2008 Domestic workers march to demand affordable housing, The Times of India, Bombay, 29 May 2008 Unorganised Workers And Search For Social Security Pradyumna Bora , Subalters, 01 Apr 2008 Social Security For Women In Unorganised Sector: Human Development Perspective Archana Sinha, Sabalters, 01 Apr 2008 Plight Of Women Workers,Vasundhra Verma, Subaltern, 01 Apr 2008