Card/ entitlements
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What should be
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What is (in process)
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Identity card
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Registered with EPFO/ESI; very low minimum wage
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Workday
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8 hours shift, unpaid overtime work to fix ‘mistakes’ & meet production targets
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Pay
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Minimum pay not revised in more than a decade; after 10-15 years of work-ex, workers make Rs 10,000 per month
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Caste profile
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Mainly OBCs; very few SC/ST
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Unionisation
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No unions inside the factories; time poverty for unionisation.
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ESI
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Workers don’t get leave to visit ESI hospital (limited benefit)
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PF/ Gratuity
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Workers leave or shift b/w companies to withdraw gratuity/ PF
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PoSH
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Policy only on paper
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Casual leaves
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Get a weekly off, not allowed to avail casual leaves
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Vulnerable targets
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Pregnant women pressurised to resign
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Housing
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Usually not in a slum, rent ~ 50% of earnings
Worker hostels where provided are heavily monitored.
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Children’s education
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Aspire to send kids to affordable private schools (women are educated till 10th std and see pvt school edu as an escape route for kids).
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Homes based work
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Piece rate work is picking up now, sheds set up closer to homes of workers
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