Asian Labour Update

Issue No: 74 January - March 2010

By Sumeth Panchamlong, Thailand Alternative Agriculture Network, translated by Areewan Kusanthia, Local Action Links

Issue No: 74 January - March 2010

By Manginar Situmorang

Issue No : 73  October - December 2009

‘Will I still have my job next month? Will I still have my job tomorrow? What will I do if I have an accident at work, or if I get pregnant?’ Millions of workers are working daily, contributing to steady profits of their employers without ever knowing the answer to these questions with any certainty – or worse, knowing with a certainty that their jobs and their very health and lives could be disposed in an instant.

Issue No : 73  October - December 2009

By J. John

A recent document of the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that at the beginning of the twenty-first century, access to any form of social protection remains a dream for 80% of the world’s population.¹ Social security in India exists only for 7% of the workers - those who are employed in the so- called formal sector. Why so many in India are denied the benefit of social security and what could be our strategy for ‘Social Security for All’?