Accent of Women - 9 December 2014

In the big industrial zone of Manesar, Gurgaon near New Dehli, over 300 workers have been on strike for over a month after Asti Electronics, a subsidiary of the large Japanese Asti Corporation, tried to sack them. These workers, mainly young women in their 20’s, were hired by subcontractors to work on the assembly line making parts for automobiles. Most have been employed as casuals for years. This week’s Accent of Women speaks to one of the organisers of this dispute, Shivani Kaul

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