Centre for Education and Communication (CEC)

Centre for Education and Communication (CEC) is a labour resource centre. Its purpose is to enhance the dignity and power of labour..More

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Slavery In Indian Garment Manufacture

CEC in collaboration with ASI initiated a study to explore how slavery is reinvented in the export production chains in garment industry. The study observes that the increasing influence of global retailers in production process along with gaps in legal framework to protect the interest of workers are the main reasons for the reinvention of slavery in different stages of production. It focuses on how forced labour of women and girls has become known as the"Sumangali system" in the factories of Southern India.

Excerpts of the Study

Executive Summaries of CEC Working Papers

CISTA meets Union Commerce Minister, April 27, 2011

Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA) has been assured by the Union Commerce Minister, Mr Anand Sharma that the government will look into their long pending demands, which include demand for permanent membership in the tea board and a separate directorate for small tea growers. The meeting took place in New Delhi on April 27, 2011...more

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Meeting on Labour and Employment Practices and challenges in Garment and Textile Industry, March 10, 2011

A Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Labour and Employment Practices and challenges in Garment and Textile Industry was held on March 10, 2011 at Hotel Residency, Coimbatore. Co-organized by Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), CEC and Tirupur Peoples' Forum (TPF), the meeting was attended by representatives from exporters, manufacturers associations, mill owners associations, trade unions, labour organizations and NGOs...More

Tea workers, Small tea growers observed ITD, 2010

The sixth International Tea Day (ITD) observed on December 15, 2010 by trade unions, workers’ organisers, tea workers, small tea growers and activists in different parts of the country. 'Restructuring of Tea Plantations' and ‘Housing and Land Rights in Tea Plantations’ were the themes of the ITD.

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CSOs Dialogue with MOIA

On November 24, 2010, representatives of trade unions, migrant rights organisations, civil society organisations having focus on human rights and labour rights, academics and activists had a dialogue with the officials of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs on the India’s proposed international policy and the Emigration Management Act, 2010. Paramjit Singh Judge, Head of the Department, Sociology, GND University and Ashok Ghosh, National Secretary, United Trades Union Congress led the delegation team...More

Dissemination Meeting of Findings of the Study on Slavery and Production Markets in India

On October 2, 2010, a dissemination meeting of the findings of the study on Slavery and Production Markets in India held at Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. The meeting was attended by around 100 participants, majority of whom were victims of Sumangali scheme - a forced labour practice exists in the garment industries and spinning mills in Tamil Nadu....More

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Resources

Campaign Materials: SSN Booklets

“Yeh Kaisi Aazadi Hai” - Social Security Now Campaign Song

ssn_video “Yeh Kaisi Aazadi Hai” asks Jagjit Singh, joining the campaigners of Social Security Now. Written by renowned poet Nida Fazli and filmed by Pravin Mishra, the song invites you to join in on the demand for Social Security as a right for unorganised workers.