Bombay Dock Labour Board 1948-1994: From insecurity to security to insecurity

dc.contributor.author	Noronha, Ernesto
dc.date.accessioned	2015-03-20T09:38:43Z
dc.date.available	2015-03-20T09:38:43Z
dc.date.issued	2001-12
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2259/296
dc.description	Economic and Political Weekly, December 29, 2001.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In pre-independent India, dock workers enjoyed little security of employment. Not only was work intermittent, there were no safety provisions while wages varied from contractor to contractor. With the setting up of the Bombay Dock Labour Board, a modicum of social security was provided for against sudden economic crises and during times of recession. Since the 1980s however, changes that included the emergence of JNPT, subsontracting of workers, new modes of work, implementation of retirement schemes, among other measures have resulted in financial difficulties for the board. This paper deliberates on the conditions of labour that existed in ports of the pre-independence period and then seeks to analyse the impact of globalisation in context of the dock workers.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Economic and Political Weekly	en_US
dc.subject	Dock Labour Board	en_US
dc.subject	Security of Employment	en_US
dc.subject	Safety of Labour	en_US
dc.subject	Workers Social Security	en_US
dc.title	Bombay Dock Labour Board 1948-1994: From insecurity to security to insecurity	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US