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    USi web conference with activist at Brick Kiln in India

    12 April 2013

    USi web conference with Krishna, a human rights activist and union organiser at the brick kiln construction site, India. Brick kiln workers have suffered incidences of violence in recent weeks by employers at the site. USi will be following this project for many months to come and will be campaigning for increases in union membership [...]

    From India to the UK – solidarity with brick kiln workers as GMB members strike

    9 April 2013

    While USi supports a project to organise workers in brick kilns in India, brick kiln workers in the UK need our support and solidarity too. Yesterday, GMB members began 6 weeks continuous strike action at Hanson Brick in Peterborough over a cut in the number of days holiday. GMB members employed as Environmental Kiln Operatives [...]

    Maandal update – the strike picks up strength

    24 December 2012

    By Sudhir Katiyar It was an important day as it becomes clear how far the strike call has taken root. From early morning, the cell phones of the Union team started ringing. The workers complain that while they have stopped working, others on their kiln are continuing to work.     The workers gathered in [...]

    Maandal Diary 21st December, Workers come together for a massive show of strength

    23 December 2012

    By Sudhir Katiyar Today was the D day. The Union team undertook extensive mobilization amongst the workers between 15th and 21st December. It visited all the brick kilns and gave memorandum to the employers. It contacted workers and gave them pamphlet about the Union meeting on 21st. A memorandum was given to the brick kiln [...]

    Lost Childhood: children in brick kilns

    7 December 2012

    Children in Brick Kilns of District Bhilwara, Rajasthan A report from our field partners in India, Prayas Labour Centre, which shows how important the union organising programme it.   Brick making is a seasonal industry that begins after monsoons are over in the month of October and continues till June next year. The workers are [...]

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