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Gig workers forgo dignity, safety in quest for a living

Arshad worked as an Ola cab driver for nearly three years, before the pandemic left him in dire straits. Before the lockdown, he used to earn a net income of nearly Rs 20,000 every month, after paying down the equated monthly installment on his car. But with no work over the past two years, the bank foreclosed the auto loan and took away his vehicle. Desperate for an income,

Karnataka police detains striking transport employees leader

Karnataka police detains striking transport employees leader ​ By IANS | ​ 3 Views K taka road transport staff withdraw strike, buses resume. Image Source: IANS News Belagavi, April 10 : A day after invoking provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Disputes Act against the ongoing transport employees strike, Karnataka police on Saturday detained Kodihalli Chandrashekar who is leading the Karnataka state owned transport employees strike, in this district headquarters town, sources said. As the strike entered the fourth day, Chandrashekar who is honorary president of the Karnataka State Road Transport Employees League (KSRTEL), that is steering the protest seeking pay hike on par with other government employees by incorporating the Sixth Pay Commission s recommendations was detained by the Karnataka police in Belagavi.

Karnataka Labour Department: Manufacturing, staffing firms fear police checks could roil their hiring plans in Karnataka

Synopsis Those who are privy to the partially digital police verification of over 6,000 employees at Wistron following the labour riots said it was slow and mired in problems. The labour department had mandated police verification of all employees at Wistron while re-hiring them. AFP A senior executive at a staffing firm said the time taken for police verification itself could slow down their hiring schedules. Karnataka labour department s moves to ask manufacturing and staffing firms to go for police verification of workers they intend to get on board could disrupt their hiring programme, fear industry executives. The officials are insisting private firms to go for background checks to prevent untowards incidents at the workplace later like the ones iPhone maker Wiston witnessed in December at its plant in Kolar. While the labour department has not issued an official notification yet, it is planning to put in place a system so that men with criminal background don t get into sh

Wistron saga and the state of states

This week, the powers that be in Karnataka presented a text book case of how not to improve investment climate, rather how to deter investments. The social media is rife with conspiracy theories, but the violent incidents in Kolar at the Wistron plant point out the need for a reality check of systemic fault lines. The harsh fact is you cannot win Formula 1 with the Indian avatar of the British Morris. For nearly a decade, India’s governments invested political capital to woo manufacturers of iconic products to ‘make in India’ by leveraging skill availability and low manpower cost. The tide of economics, propelled by rising wages in China, produced an opportunity for India to woo investors who were headed to Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Mexico. The consequences of the pandemic accelerated thought on re-configuring the supply chain of manufacturing away from China.

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