Labor

India's Silicon Valley Meets Her Slums ...

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Andolan members creatively organize around the exploitation of South Asian low-wage women workers through theatre. Through five poignant monologues, Sukh aur Dukh ki Kahani transforms the portrayal of domestic workers as passive victims into agents of ...

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Images from the Stockton Truck Drivers' Campaign ...

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An inside glimpse of call center working conditions—surveillance, abusive callers, few breaks, high work quotas, and the repetitive nature of the job. ...

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Bearing the economic risks without reaping the benefits, taxi drivers in NYC are least protected by labor laws. Biju Mathew's book illustrates the organizing work and collective action happening among NYC's yellow cab drivers and their numerous ...

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Singapore's guest worker program brings in restaurant, domestic and construction workers from South Asia. Workers share stories of long hours, unsafe work conditions and abusive employers. Is this the future of the US if it adopts a similar program? ...

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A Conversation with Thomas Kocherry ...

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Class Issues Within South Asian Homes ...

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Domestic workers' unions in India educate workers about their rights and advocate at the local, national, and international level for women pulled into this industry as a result of poverty, displacement or trafficking. ...

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Questions for Saru Jayaraman of Restaurant Opportunities Center - New York (ROC-NY) ...

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