Publications

September 2012

  1. Labour in the Global South: Challenges and alternatives for workers

    20 September 2012

    “Labour in the global South is an exciting contribution to the new field of global labour studies. It identifies in ten clearly written chapters the innovative and creative responses to the challenges facing labour worldwide.” −Edward Webster, University of Kassel, Germany, and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

June 2012

  1. Trade Unions and Special Economic Zones in India

    11 June 2012

    The term SEZ covers a broad range of zones, such as export processing zones, industrial parks, free ports, enterprise zones, and others. Industrial free zones, industrial export zones, free trade zones (often presented as bonded platforms within countries heavily involved in transit trade), special economic zones (principally in China), bonded warehouses, technological and scientific parks, financial services zones, free ports, duty-free zones (destined for the retailing of duty-free consumer goods to tourists) are also among the variants. EPZs have been a feature of Indian policy since 1960.

August 2010

  1. The growth and decline of political unionism in India: The need for a paradigm shift

    01 August 2010

    This publication analyzes the weaknesses of political unionism in India through various dimensions. It proposes a new paradigm shift towards “service-based unionism”, suitable for the new working environment shaped by changing employment patterns and industrial relations dynamics and for meeting the interests of the workers, especially in the informal economy.

January 2000

  1. Showing The Way Trade Unions Against Child Labour In India

    01 January 2000

March 1999

  1. Trade unions in the informal sector: Finding their bearings Nine country papers

    01 March 1999

    Labour Education 1999/3 No.116: The following nine national studies cover four regions of the world and reveal the stakes and problems which the multifaceted informal sector poses for the trade union movement, irrespective of the level of development in the countries under consideration. Without necessarily reflecting our position, the studies are based on the information available and represent testimonies which are worthy of consideration and exploration.