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The dark sites of granite: modern slavery, child labour and unsafe work in Indian Granite Quarries [1]

New research, commissioned by the India Committee of the Netherlands and Stop Child Labour, reveals that modern slavery, low wages, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions are rampant in granite quarries in South India. In some quarries, especially in waste stone processing, child labour is found. There is an enormous gap in working conditions between permanent workers (mainly supervisors) and casual workers (70% of the workforce). The first group receives safety equipment, insurance and an employment contract, while the casual labourers doing the dangerous manual work, lack those fundamental labour rights.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2017
India Committee of the Netherlands [2]
Tags:
Granite [3], Child Labour [4], Mining [5], India [6], Workers [7], Industry [8], Occupational Health [9], Occupational Safety [10], Human Rights [11], NGOs [12], Andhra Pradesh [13], Telangana [14], Karnataka [15]

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