Casualisation and Tea Plantation Labour in India: Does Fair Trade Ensure ‘Fairness’ in a Plantation System?

Autor:	Smritima Diksha Lama
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Economic growth Fair trade Casual Work (electrical) business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Neoliberalism Context (language use) Certification Free market business Free trade media_common
Zdroj:	Health, Safety and Well-Being of Workers in the Informal Sector in India ISBN: 9789811384202
DOI:	10.1007/978-981-13-8421-9_12
Popis:	The objective of the paper is to highlight the growing ‘casualisation’ in the Indian labour market with special reference to the tea plantation industry in India and Darjeeling. The author begins by giving a background as to how casual labour/casualisation of labour emerged using the work of David Harvey on neoliberalism promoting free market and free trade as important features of any liberalised and globalised economy. The paper attempts to highlight some of the employment features of the plantation industry in India and highlight the vulnerabilities of the plantation workers. It was also felt necessary in this context of globalised world order to question the effectiveness of neoliberal and social justice driven international market mechanisms such as Fair trade on tea plantation workers of Darjeeling and whether international certifications ensure fairness to the workers engaged in the Darjeeling tea plantations.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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