May Day 2021: What Has (Not) Changed Since the Pandemic Ravaged Livelihoods of Workers
Despite the government passing several laws, hurting the hard-earned labour rights over centuries, workers are staring at an uncertain phase during which neither old labour laws nor the new codes are effectively relevant.
A migrant worker runs behind a truck as others try to board it to return to their villages after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease, in Ghaziabad, March 26, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Rights01/May/2021
This is the second May Day during COVID-19 and hence as dark as it was in 2020, if not darker. For several reason, it is darker in many senses for the working class. Let us briefly review what happened post-May Day 2020.