While the government attempts to weaken labour regulations, the organisation of India’s many million informal labourers is likely to gather pace.
Low paid, precarious and informal employment is commonplace in a sector shaped by new regulatory regimes and global manufacturing trends.
Life for voiceless, low paid parcel delivery workers exposes the harsh realities of degraded work in 21st-century Britain.
Why labour unfreedom is a more useful category than modern slavery to challenge exploitative working relations at home and abroad. Español
Measuring economic success through levels of employment obscures the unsustainable and oppressive nature of the UK’s recovery.
Reorienting value generated within ‘global poverty chains’ is essential to improving the lives of an impoverished world labour force.
Stopping labour exploitation requires effective regulation of the labour market, not scapegoating migrant and vulnerable workers.
Corporate profits are soaring, but so is labour exploitation. Who is the ‘recovery’ really benefiting?
