1. Archives of Indian Labour

Communities and Collections

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• ALL INDIA RAILWAYMEN'S FEDERATION

  
  

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    AIRF 160- B General Strike

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    AIRF 160- B Part 1 (a)

    This section contains four folders from the AIRF File Collection of 1974
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    AIRF General Strike 1974 (160-B) 24-6-1974 to 16-5-1975

    This collection contains letters and correspondence held at the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIFR) pertaining to the Railway strike of 1974
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    East Bengal Railway Labour Review Vol. II, III, IV, 1929

    The collection contains five issues of the labour movement journal 'East Bengal Railway Labour Review' from 1929
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    Fact Finding Mission of the ITF May 1974 General Strike (File No. AIRF/160-B Part-IV-a)

  • File No. AIRF 160-B VIII

  • General Strike 1973, Meeting with Categorial Association (AIRF/ 160 -B (iii))

    This collection contains file records from 1974 of the All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF) classified under six heads

  • General Strike 1973 (File No . AIRF / 160-B (VIII) )

    This collections contains 5 files

  • NCCRS/1/74 (Part-II) Total Pages - 539

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    National Convention of Railwaymen (AIRF 160-B(V) 27-2-1974)

    This collection contains 7 files concerning the organisation of the National Railwaymen's Convention held in New Delhi in 1974

  • National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS) (File No. NCCRS/1/74/Part-I)

    This collection contains 6 files

  • National Organisations Committee Railwaymen Strike (NCCRS /I/74 Part II /74-75)

  • Press Statements Regarding General Strike (Railways) - 1974 (File No. 160-B-IX)

  • Strike Notices (File No. NCCRS/1/74(ii)/AIRF 160-B)

  • Miscellaneous Files

    This section contains files of four separate organisations of Railway workers in India
    

    • All India Railwaymen's Federation (AIRF)

    • National Coordination Committee For Railwaymen's Struggle (NCCRS)

    • National Coordinational Committee (NCC)

    • North East Railway Mazdoor Union (NERMU)

• ALL INDIA TRADE UNION CONGRESS (AITUC)

  
  

  • Pamphlets

  • Records

    
    

    • Folder 001 - AITUC Constitution

    • Folder 002 - AITUC Congress

    • Folder 003 - General Council

    • Folder 004 - Working Committee

    • Folder 005 - Secretariat of AITUC

    • Folder 006 - Assam

    • Folder 006, 008 & 009 - Assam - Andhra - Bihar

    • Folder 007 - Andaman and Nicobar

    • Folder 007, 012 & 017 - Goa - Andaman & Nicobar - Kerala

    • Folder 008 - Andhra Pradesh

    • Folder 009 - Bihar

    • Folder 011 - Gujarat

    • Folder 012 - Goa

    • Folder 014 - Himachal Pradesh

    • Folder 016 - Karnataka

    • Folder 017 - Kerala

    • Folder 018 - Madhya Pradesh

    • Folder 019 - Maharashtra

    • Folder 022 - Orissa

    • Folder 023 - Pondicherey

    • Folder 024 - Punjab

    • Folder 025 - Rajasthan

    • Folder 026 - Tamil Nadu

    • Folder 028 - Uttar Pradesh

    • Folder 029 - West Bengal

    • Folder 030 - Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU - AITUC)

    • Folder 031 - Hind Mazdoor Sabha

    • Folder 032 - United Trade Union Congress (UTUC - AITUC)

    • Folder 033 - United Trade Union Congress (UTUC) AITUC

    • Folder 042 - National Platform of Mass Organization

    • Folder 043 - Central Govt. Employees/Central Pay Commission/Pay Commission (AITUC)

    • Folder 044 - Railways (AITUC)

    • Folder 046 - Postal (AITUC)

    • Folder 047 - Defence (AIDEF - AITUC)

    • Folder 051 - All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA - BANK - AITUC)

    • Folder 054A - Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)

    • Folder 058 - Port & Dock (AITUC)

    • Folder 061 - Steel (AITUC)

    • Folder 062 - Road Transport (AITUC)

    • Folder 063 - Petroleum (AITUC)

    • Folder 065 - Power / Electricity (AITUC)

    • Folder 067 - Copper / HCL (AITUC)

    • Folder 068 - Coal/ Coal Federation (AITUC)

    • Folder 069 - Petroleum - Chemical and Pharmaceutical (AITUC)

    • Folder 071 - Aviation Workers

    • Folder 072 - Teachers Form (AITUC)

    • Folder 074 - Informal Sector (AITUC)

    • Folder 075 - Central Trade Union Organisation

    • Folder 078 - Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union / Agriculture (AITUC)

    • Folder 083 - Beedi, Cigar & Tobacco (AITUC)

    • Folder 084 - Sugar (AITUC)

    • Folder 085 - Plantations (AITUC)

    • Folder 086 - Jute (AITUC)

    • Folder 087 - Textile Federation (AITUC)

    • Folder 088 - Cement / Construction (AITUC)

    • Folder 089 - News Paper Employees Federation (AITUC)

    • Folder 091-I Engineering Unions (AITUC), HMT Employees Association and Other Unions

    • Folder 093 - Shoe and Leather / Rubber (AITUC)

    • Folder 095 - Hotels (AITUC)

    • Folder 096 - Ministry of Industry (AITUC)

    • Folder 097 - Ministry of Labour (AITUC)

    • Folder 097-I Ministry of Labour (AITUC)

    • Folder 100 - Parliamentary Committees on Various Ministries and Other Govt. Committees (AITUC)

    • Folder 107 - T.C. on Chemical & Fertilizer (AITUC)

    • Folder 108 - T.C. on Family Welfare / Public Sector (AITUC) 1959

    • Folder 109 - Standing Labour Committee (AITUC) 1961

    • Folder 110 - Indian Labour Conference (AITUC) 1959

    • Folder 116 - Workers Participation in Management (AITUC) 1962

    • Folder 117 - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

    • Folder 117-I - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) - I

    • Folder 117-II - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) - II

    • Folder 117-III - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) - III

    • Folder 117-V - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) - V

    • Folder 118 - World Federation of Trade Unions (Asian Region) - AITUC

    • Folder 119 - International Trade Unions (AITUC)

    • Folder 123 - ILO Correspondence UNESCO (AITUC)

    • Folder 125 - Bonus & Bonus Act (AITUC)

    • Folder 129 - Employees Provident Fund (AITUC)

    • Folder 131 - Employees State Insurance Corporation (AITUC)

    • Folder 132 - Minimum Wage (AITUC)

    • Folder 135 - AITUC - Inter Union Rivalries

    • Folder 136 - Trade Union Records (AITUC)

    • Folder 137 - AITUC Building (AITUC)

    • Folder 138 - Verification (AITUC)

    • Folder 139 - Trade Union Education (AITUC)

    • Folder 144 - Industrial Disputes Act (AITUC)

    • Folder 153 - Peace Movement (AITUC)

    • Folder 155 - Agreement / Awards (AITUC)

    • Folder 156 - Circulars Issued by AITUC / AITUC State Committee

    • Folder 157 - Miscellaneous Papers / AICP (AITUC)

    • Folder 157-II - Miscellaneous Papers / AICP (AITUC) - II

    • Folder 157-III - Miscellaneous Papers / AICP (AITUC) - III

    • Folder 157-IV - Miscellaneous Papers / AICP (AITUC) - IV

    • Folder 158 - Price Index (AITUC)

    • Folder 160 - State Government Employees (AITUC)

    • Folder 161 - Annual Returns (AITUC)

    • Folder 162 - Press Release / Statements (AITUC)

    • Folder 166 - Non-Coal Mines (AITUC)

    • Folder 166-III - Non-Coal Mines AITUC-III

    • Folder 166-IV - Non-Coal Mines AITUC - IV

    • Folder 167 - Unorganized Sector - Sub-Committee AITUC

    • Folder 173 - Stone Queries / Ceramics / Pottaries (AITUC)

    • Folder 174 - Insurance AITUC

    • Folder 175 - Foreign Visits - Passport etc. AITUC

    • Folder 176 - Muncipal Workers - Unions AITUC

    • Folder 177 - Correspondence Joint Council of Action (JCA) (AITUC)

    • Folder 180 - General AITUC

    • Folder 181 - Works Committee (AITUC)

    • Folder 182 - Development Council for Bicycles Industry

    • Folder 183 - Wage Boards

    • Folder 188 - Annual Returns

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• BHARATIYA KHET MAZDOOR UNION - FEDERATION - PHASE I

  
  

  • Correspondence related to Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union

  • Documents of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union

  • Documents of Bihar Rajya Khet Mazdoor Union

  • Documents of Delhi Agricultural Workers Union

  • Documents of Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Workers Union

  • Documents of Maharashtra Rajya Shetmajur Union

  • Documents of Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha

  • Documents of Tamil Nadu Agricultural Workers Union

  • Documents on Land Struggles/Wage Struggles

  • Documents on Wage related Issues

  • Draft Report of Haryana Khet Mazdoor Union

  • ILO National Seminar for Trade Union Leaders on Rural Workers' Organisation

• BHARATIYA MAZDOOR SANGH (BMS)

  
  

  • Conference Papers and Reports

  • Development of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh in India

  • Founder of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

  • Ideology of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

  • Memorandum to the National Commission on Labour by Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

  • Miscellaneous

    Other Documents related to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

  • Photographs

    Photographs of Shri Dattopant Thengadi

  • Reserve Bank of India - Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

  • Study Report

    Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh: Ek Abhilekh

  • Transcript of Interviews

    Interviews of Amaldaar Singh and Rajeshwar Dayal Sharma

  • Bharatiya Railway Mazdoor Sangh (BRMS)

    
    

    • Audyogik Mahasangh [औद्योगिक महासंघ]

    • D.L.W. (Banaras)

    • Railway Strike (1974)

  • Books & Booklets, Pamphlets, Posters and Newspapers

    
    

    • Books and Booklets

    • Newspapers

    • Pamphlets

    • Posters

  • Foundation of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh

    
    

    • Booklets on Labour Policy

    • Labour Policy

    • Nirdeshika

    • Vidhan

  • Rise of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh in India

    Documents related BMS in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh
    

    • Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh in Bihar

    • Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh in Jharkhand

    • Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh in Uttar Pradesh

    • Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh in Uttaranchal

    • Newspaper Clipping

• BHOJPURI PRAVASI SHRAMIKON KI SANSKRITI AUR BHIKARI THAKUR KA SAHITYA

  
  

  • Colonial Official Reports

  • Encyclopedias

  • Internet Articles

  • Magazines

  • Newspapers [Hindi]

  • Study Material

  • Thesis

  • Books

    
    

    • Critic Literatures

    • History

    • Novels

    • Plays

    • Stories

• BOMBAY TEXTILE STRIKE 1982

  
  

  • Events

  • NLI Research Studies Series

  • Newspaper Clippings

  • Project Report

  • Transcripts of Interviews

    
    

    • Short Profile and Interview Transcripts

    • Transcripts of Interviews

• COMMISSIONS ON LABOUR

  
  

  • Commission on Women and Labour, 1974-1988

    Reports

  • Labour Investigation Committee, 1946

    Report and Supplementary Documents

  • National Commission on Rural Labour, 1991

    Report and Supplementary Documents

  • Royal Commission on Labour in India, 1929-1931

    Report

  • Second National Commission on Labour, 2002

    Main Report and Study Group Reports

  • First National Commission on Labour, 1967-1969

    Reports and Supplementary Documents
    

    • Basic Statistics

    • Conference Papers

    • Memorandum by Employer's Association

    • Memorandum by Governments

    • Memorandum by Trade Unions

    • Record of Decisions

    • Record of Discussions

    • Reports

    • Special Reports and Papers

    • Study Group Reports

    • Topic Notes

    • Tour Notes

    • Working Group Report

• COMMUNITY-BASED GARMENT INDUSTRY IN 24 PARGANAS (SOUTH) OF WEST BENGAL

  
  

  • Books based on the Garment Industry - Extract from the Book

  • Interviews and Summary of Interviews [2004-2005]

  • Magazines - Articles extracted from the Magazines based on the Garment Industry

  • Newspaper Clippings based Garment Industry - AnandBazar Patrika

  • Photographs

  • Project Report

• DOCUMENTARY SOURCES OF LABOUR HISTORY IN TAMIL NADU

  
  

  • Coimbatore District Textiles

  • Independent Unions

    
    

    • Ashok Leyland Employees' Unions

    • Dunlop Factory Employees Union

    • Enfield India Employees' Union

    • English Electric Employees' Progressive Union

    • MRF Workers Union

    • Madras Labour Union (Buckingham and Carnatic Mills)

    • Simpson Group Companies Workers and Staff Unions

    • Union Carbide

  • State Level Trade Unions

    
    

    • All India Trade Union Congress [AITUC]

    • Centre of Indian Trade Unions [CITU]

    • Hind Mazdoor Sabha [HMS]

    • Indian National Trade Union Congress [INTUC]

• DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR WRITING AND SPEECHES

  
  

  • Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writing and Speeches

• GANDHI AND LABOUR

  
  

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    Gandhi and Ahmedabad Textile Labour

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    Gandhi in South Africa and Indentured Workers

  • Gandhi on Manual Labour

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    Gandhi on Trusteeship

  • On Labour Select Writings by Gandhi and by Others on his Role

  • Selected Visuals on Gandhi and Labour

• ILO INDIA MONTHLY REPORTS (1929-1969)

  
  

  • Index

  • Monthly Reports (1929-1969)

• INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN INDIA’S EXPORT GARMENT INDUSTRY: MOBILIZATION AND EMPLOYMENT LAW CASES FROM BANGALORE, GURGAON, TIRUPUR

  
  

  • Bangalore

    
    

    • Reports and Annexure

    • Case Documents

      
      

      • Booklet

      • Case 01: Avery Dennison: Unfair Labour Practice

      • Case 02: Aquarelle

      • Case 03: Avery Dennision - Termination of 52 Workers

      • Case 05: Carnival Clothing Company - Unfair Labour Practice and Sexual Harassment

      • Case 07: Shahi Exports - Harrassment of Workers

      • Case 09: Texport Apparels LLP - Physical Assault on Worker by Management

      • Case 11: Arvind Exports

      • Case 13: Euro Clothing Company: Illegal Closure

      • Case 14: Scotts Garments - Illegal Closure

      • Case 16: Avery Denison - Termination

      • Case 18: Arvind Lifestyle - Illegal Lay Off

      • Case 19: Avery Denison: Change in Conditions of Service

      • Case 20: Arvind Mills

      • Case 22: Hinduja Processing and Finishing Unit (HPF)

      • Legal Manual

      • Sample Questionnaire

  • Cumulative Cluster Reports

    
    

    • Bangalore

    • Gurgaon

    • Tirupur

  • Gurgaon

    
    

    • Case Documents

      
      

      • Case 01: Modelama Workers' Union

      • Case 02: Registration of Garment and Allied Workers Union

      • Case 03: Richa Garment Workers Union

      • Case 04: Modelama Exports

      • Case 05: Magson Exports

      • Case 06: Modelama Exports: Dismissal

      • Case 07: Gaurav International

      • Case 08: V and S International

      • Case 09: Choice Clothing Co. Pvt. Ltd.

      • Case 10: Richa and Co.

      • Case 11: Richa and Co.: Dismissal

      • Case 12: Viva Global

      • Case 14: Sherling Skins Pvt. Ltd.

      • Case 15: Modelama Exports: Wages and Dismissal

      • Case 16: Garment and Allied Workers Unions: Wage Campaign and Memorandum

      • Case 17: Modelama Exports: ESI Demand

      • Case 18: Orient Clothing: PF Claim

      • Case 19: Turquoise Fashion

      • Case 20: Maharani of India

      • Case 22: Chelsea Mills

      • Case 23: Gurgaon Shramik Kendra

      • Case 24: Pearl Global

      • Case 25: Gaurav International

      • Cluster Reports

    • Haryana Labour Department Documents

      
      

      • Administration Reports

      • Circulars and Notifications

      • Minimum Wages

      • State Policies

  • Tirupur

    
    

    • Audio-Video Recordings

    • Case Summaries

    • Case Documents

      
      

      • Formal Cases

        
        

        • Case No. 01: Pratik Hosiery

        • Case No. 02: Premier Knits Apparels

        • Case No. 03: Cotton Blossom

        • Case No. 05: ARK Innovations

        • Case No. 06: Well Knit Industries

        • Case No. 07: Meridian Apparels

        • Case No. 08: Fair Export

        • Case No. 09: Tube Knits

        • Case No. 10: Zuhana Exporters

        • Case No. 11: Aswathi Exports

        • Case No. 12: Alfine Apparels

        • Case No. 14: Sunstar Apparels

        • Case No. 15: SCM Garments

      • Informal Cases

        
        

        • Case No. 19: Newline Exports

        • Case No. 20: Star Time Apparels

      • Semi Formal Cases

        
        

        • Case No. 16: Armstrong Knitting Mills

        • Case No. 17: Poppys Garments

        • Case No. 18: Carona Knitwear

• LABOUR IN THE INDIAN TEXTILE AND APPAREL INDUSTRY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES

  
  

  • Bonus Issues

    Regarding Discrimination in Distributing Diwali Bonus and Authority letter for Employers by Lawyers

  • Collective Bargaining

    Apparel Industry Understanding the Impact of Government Policies

  • Documents

  • Photographs

  • Report

    Apparel Industry Understanding the Impact of Government Policies

  • Sexual Harassment

  • Union Formation and Election

  • Victimisation & Protest

  • Victimisation

    
    

    • Victimisation 2005

    • Victimisation 2006

    • Victimisation 2007

• NATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR A CENTRAL LEGISLATION

  
  

  • Bills, Ordinance and Act on Construction Workers

  • Executive Summary of the Report

  • Interview of Various Stakeholders of NCC-CL

  • Miscellaneous

  • NCC-CL Collection of Photos

  • NCC-CL Critiques and Proposed Amendments in the Government Bills, Ordinance and Acts

  • Documents regarding Tripartite Working Group in the Construction Industry

    
    

    • Builders Association of India’s Documents regarding Tripartite Working Group

    • Draft Bill submitted to Tripartite Working Group by CITU and Builders' Association of India

    • NCC-CL Correspondence regarding Tripartite Working Group

    • Tripartite Working Group Draft Report send for approval of NCCCL by Ministry of Labour

    • Tripartite Working Group Reference Materials circulated by the Government of India during the Proceedings of TWG in 1986

  • Documents regarding the Petition Committee of Parliament

    
    

    • Correspondence with Shri O.P. Chopra, Under Secretary of Lok Sabha Secretariat

    • Documents submitted to Petition Committee of Lok Sabha during the proceeding of the Petition Committee on December 30, 1988

    • Material on Petition Committee Collected by NCC-CL

    • Memorandum, Draft Bill and Draft Scheme submitted to Petition Committee of Lok Sabha

    • NCC-CL Correspondence with Petition Committee regarding Labour Ministry Bill on 1988

    • NCC-CL Correspondence with the Parliament of India regarding Petition Committee

    • Report of Petition Committee of Lok Sabha presented on 1989 at Lok Sabha

    • Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Proceedings (Statutory Resolution - Disapproval of the BAOC Workers Third Ordinance 1996)

      
      

      • Letter addressed to the Hon'ble Prime Minister

      • Proceedings on August 01, 1996

      • Proceedings on July 02, 1996

      • Proceedings on July 22, 1996

      • Proceedings on July 23, 1996

      • Proceedings on July 24, 1996

  • Material on Construction Industry and Construction Workers

    
    

    • Comments of the Builders Association of India

    • Documents on Construction Industry and Construction Workers

• ORAL HISTORY DOCUMENTATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLOSURES IN DELHI

  
  

  • Newspaper Clippings

  • Report

  • Transcript of Interviews, Personal Informations and Short Biographies

• ORAL HISTORY OF COAL WORKERS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON IMPACT OF OUTSOURCING

  
  

  • Bengali Transcription of Interviews

  • Books, Articles and Other Documents

  • Report

• ORAL HISTORY OF LABOUR MOVEMENT IN INDIA

  
  

  • Interviews

  • NLI Research Studies Series

  • Reports

• ORAL HISTORY OF TRADE UNION MOVEMENT IN KERALA

  
  

  • Report

• SATYAPAL A. DANG - PERSONAL COLLECTION

  
  

  • Articles and Letters

  • Articles, Letters and Documents

  • Articles, Notes and News Clippings

  • Bio Data Vimla Dang and Satyapal Dang

  • Correspondence with Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

  • Correspondence with Press Council of India

  • Desh Bhagat Yadgar Committee, Jalandhar City

  • Disability Card and Travel Documents

  • Documents of Satyapal Dang

  • Donation Slips and News Clippings

  • Fragments From an Auto Biography

  • Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd.

  • Letter and Other Documents of Satyapal Dang

  • Letters Received Punjab

  • Letters, News Clippings and Articles

  • Medical File of Satyapal Dang

  • Protest Against Renovation in Jallianwala Site

  • Quotations and Poems

  • RTI, Letters and Documents

  • Register Book

  • Report on Ragpickers in Amritsar

  • Soviet Journey

• SELF EMPLOYED WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION (SEWA) - BIDI WORKERS OF AHMEDABAD CITY

  
  

  • About Bidi and SEWA's Intervention

  • Benefits

  • Conferences and Seminars

  • Industrial Disputes Act Cases

  • Inspection

  • Minimum Wages: Bidi Workers

  • Organising Bidi Workers

  • Profile of Bidi Workers

  • Provident Fund Cases of Bidi Workers of Ahmedabad

  • Sale-purchase System: Bidi Workers

  • Settlements

• STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE: THE CHHATTISGARH MUKTI MORCHA

  
  

  • Booklets - Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha

    Various Booklets related to Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha

  • Children Petition of Commission

  • Interviews

    Various Interviews related to Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha

  • Labour Cases

    Various Documents related to Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha

  • Miscellaneous

  • Photographs

  • Criminal Cases

    
    

    • Affidavits filled by CMM

    • Bail Applications by Accused Persons

    • Bail Orders

    • Chargesheets and Orders

    • Contempt of Court

    • Depositions of Witnesses

    • Documents

    • Judgements (Trial Court)

    • Judgements of the High Court

• TEXTILE LABOUR HISTORY OF INDORE TOWN

  
  

  • Books and Leaflets

  • Documentary Film

    Recorded (Audio-Visual)

  • Interviews of Ex-Textile Mill Workers and Trade Unionists

    Recorded (Audio-Visual)

  • Photographs

  • Study Report

• TEXTILE LABOUR IN AHMEDABAD

  
  

  • Textile Labour in Ahmedabad

• THE INFORMALISATION PROCESS: CASUALISATION AND PAUPERISATION OF THE WEAVERS OF BANARAS

  
  

  • Study Report

  • Transcripts of Interviews