As reports of severe harassment of Maruti workers and their families trickled in in late July 2012, Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) undertook a fact finding investigation into the incident, its context and implications. [PUDR]....

This research paper examines some of the key trends in Australia’s agriculture sector over the last 20 years or so. While continuing to grow in absolute terms, the size and importance of agriculture has declined relative to the rest of the economy. Within the sector, there have been marked...

The aim of the report is to review existing approaches and available policy options to improve access to health care services and financial protection against health shocks for informal-sector workers (ISWs). Along with their families, ISWs represent the majority of the population in many...

Are workers' interests regarding working conditions adequately refelcted in workplace outcomes during the process of development? This paper spells out a framework of analysis -- based on the criteria of efficiency, justice, and well-being-- by which we might arrive ar answers to this question....

The paper deals with the importance of trade unions in former times and at the present time. The author compares the living conditions of working people, the forms and conditions of labor markets and the state of enterprises in the second half of the 19th century as essential causes of the trade...

National governments have sovereign mandates to provide basic goods and services to the citizenry. This study seeks to find out the citizenry?s opinion regarding the general performance of the Government of National Unity (GNU). Study findings suggest that while the GNU has made commendable...

By analyzing the relation between EP and Council we may conclude the existence of an increase of the EP’s role in the decisional process through the angle of statistical and practical results of the co-decision procedure. The cooperation introduced by the EUA, marked the moment of the growing...