(RLFTS) BELEAGUERING LABOUR: Floyding - How to Kill a Law (Part IV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E48H-eg2Yng ReachLawyer
Sep 25, 2020
The Labour Code bills will certainly spell doom for what's left of labour protections in the law. @ReachLawyer discuss these bills with Prof. Babu Mathew. As a celebrated Trade Unionist and Academic, his perspectives on Labour rights are deeply insightful.
Maeen Mavara History of Lobour Laws in India https://youtube.com/embed/E48H-eg2Yng?start=168&end=665 1919 ILO 1920 AITUC founded
Prof Babu Mathew Brief on the four Lobour codes recently passed by Parliament : https://youtube.com/embed/E48H-eg2Yng?start=781&end=1305 Loosing a rich treasure of case law This will play a destabilising the system.
Compulsory recognition of Trade Union.. sole negotiating agent or bargaining council.. Provision of cancvelling registration is not okay.. immunity from certain laws..taken away.
WageCode : https://youtube.com/embed/E48H-eg2Yng?start=1354&end=2065 Minimum wages Act (1948) realted to sweated labour..
Social Security Code:https://youtube.com/embed/E48H-eg2Yng?start=2364&end=2713 polarisation in social security measures. PF and ESIC act is the core.. but limited only to organised sector.. but informal sector is given is a strange mix of anti-poverty measures.. no provision for providing resources.. welfare boards are ebing sought to be dismantled.
https://youtu.be/E48H-eg2Yng?t=4000 BD vekatesh's question on Competiveness being impacted by better wages.. Labour must be cheap to attract investment/development.. ease of doing business arguments.. https://youtube.com/embed/E48H-eg2Yng?start=4000&end=4578
BD Venkatesh Reachlawyer Issue of what happens since the dominent groups see that Labour is not their problem. https://youtu.be/E48H-eg2Yng?t=4588
BD Venkatesh Reachlawyer Concluding remarks: The Labour law was a result of great prolonged struggles. Desh means people, not territory or economy.. https://youtu.be/E48H-eg2Yng?t=5403