Workplace Harassment and ILO’s Convention 190

Workplace Harassment and ILO’s Convention 190

The first global treaty to address the burning but the oft-neglected issue of violence and harassment at the workplace has just come into force. The ILO Violence and Harassment Convention can help empower working women in myriad ways. Here’s how.

When IMF Wants More Taxes for the Rich

When IMF Wants More Taxes for the Rich

The International Monetary Fund says governments must plug the wide gap in the incomes of the rich and the poor by taxing the wealthy more and spending in favour of the have-nots. How feasible is the idea?

Murder in the Media Room: Part 2

Murder in the Media Room: Part 2

Notwithstanding their grandstanding on matters of rights and justice, India’s media houses didn’t hesitate much to cull their weak and vulnerable workforce in the pretext of Covid-19. The murders in the media room continue

How Platforms Betrayed Workers

How Platforms Betrayed Workers

The healthcare crisis has exposed the chinks in the business model of the Ubers and Olas of the world. In India, the workers are left to the mercy of the market as well as the virus 

Murder in the Media Room: Part 1

Murder in the Media Room: Part 1

India’s newspapers are culling their workforce during Covid-19, leaving hapless journalists and other staff in the lurch. But editorials are silent on the murder in the media room