Labor Pains
Author :
Dinakarr
Blog :Figuring Things Out
Date: 3/28/2012 6:22:00 AM
In a recent article, M. Sabarwal pointed out that the recent surge of worker-strikes in the Indian manufacturing industry (Orient Craft, Maruti-Manesar, Munjal Showa, Honda-India) were not about the usual labor-related issues: minimum wages, a safe working environment, or social security.The flash-point, he noted, was the informalization of work (90% of employment) and the explosion of