Industry

 Change in immigration rules flayed

A US government plan to simplify immigration procedures for professionals in 10 short listed vocations has come under fire

Publication Date: 
14/08/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Workers, Unemployment, Industry, Scientists, United States Of America (US), Computers
Industry

 Non smoking beedi rollers face cancer risk

About six million people employed in India's beedi industry risk developing cancer from handling tobacco leaves

Publication Date: 
30/07/1993
Anjani Khanna
Down to Earth
Tags:
Tobacco, Cancer, Workers, Occupational Health, Industry
Industry

 Blue collar job declining worldwide

TECHNOLOGY change is resulting in problems of large-scale and permanent unemployment. The demand for blue-collar employees is decreasing, while that of white-collar workers is increasing. Overall,

Publication Date: 
Friday, May 14, 1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Economy, Workers, Unemployment, Industry
Mining

 Modernising energy

China's attempts at modernising its energy industry will cause more than 100,000 coal workers to be laid off immediately, while hundreds of thousands more will be retrenched in the coming years. The

Publication Date: 
14/02/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, Coal, Workers, Energy, China
India

 Dead beat

Karoshi -- death from overwork -- has struck corporate bigwigs in Japan. Now, white-collared workers and women too are being affected and a worried labour ministry has announced a set of initiatives

Publication Date: 
30/12/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Workers, Science And Technology, Japan
Economy

 Liberalisation viewed through worker's eyes

THIS IS a worthy compilation of stories of resistance by workers to the assault on them, legitimised now by the New Economic Policy. More specifically, it tells the story of the courageous fight

Publication Date: 
14/11/1992
Achin Vanaik
Down to Earth
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Economy, Workers, Public Sector

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