Mumbai This was a different visit to ACORN’s organizing in Dharavi. In the year since I had been here the Mumbai water & sewer system had implemented their plan to clear away 10 meters on either side of their huge drainage pipes thereby eliminating hundreds of residents and our original offices overlooking the pipes. We …
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Building the Informal Workers Union in Bengaluru and the Health Camp
Bengaluru For several years in Bengaluru (Bangalore) our main focus has been organizing informal workers into unions, not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary. Informal workers in construction, domestic work, street vending or hawking, and wastepicking in the state of Karnataka cannot obtain identification cards and therefore ration cards unless their employer or their union …
India Right to Education Act and the Struggle for Equity amidst Corruption
Delhi As the United States confronts the issues of inequity it continues to be sobering in the improving economy of India to see how severe inequity can become and what it takes to try to catch up. A good example of the effort is the new Right to Education (RTE) Act which reserves 25% of …