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A glamorous job with abysmal workplace reality: A story of the Airline Industry
The airline industry is pivoted on two fundamental myths – it is a well-paid white-collar job and it is a glamorous and easy job. In reality, it is difficult manual labour at all possible hours while maintaining a façade of glamour making the work more difficult to perform. Imagine pushing heavy carts on a factory…
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Why do accidents happen at workplaces?
Work organization should include mechanisms that prevent accidents. If a certain task or work process is hazardous, employers must act to eliminate or mitigate it.
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Do you want a Passport to Dreams Abroad?
Every year 25 lakh Indians migrate abroad, which is the highest annual number of migrants in the world. India also tops the list of remittance recipient countries in the world, with a total of $125 billion sent by Indians living in different parts of the world to their families in India.
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What is stopping beedi workers from migrating to alternative livelihood options?
Beedi rolling is wage work and wage work can only be sustainably substituted by other forms of wage work. Wage work, howsoever, tedious and dangerous it may be, guarantees a wage, howsoever low it may be, after the work is completed.
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Are jobs actually disappearing?
A recent report has revealed that the four Information Technology (IT) giants in India – Infosys, TCS, Wipro and Tech Mahindra – laid off over 67,000 workers last year. The IT industry, which is the third largest employer in India also slowed down on hiring and a decline of over 21 percent in job offers…
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It’s not the wrath of nature, corporate greed has led to this climate crisis
A cloud burst over North Sikkim resulted in a flash flood in the Teesta River on 4 October 2023. This led the water in the river rise abnormally and swept away several areas including the 1,200 MW hydel project at Chungthang. The flood destroyed over 11 bridges that serve as critical access routes in the hill…
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