Women Workers and Industrial Relations in Tea Estates of Assam
Published: 2019
Author(s) Name: Mridusmita Duara, Sambit Mallick |
Author(s) Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Work, Surya Kumar Bhuyan School of Social Sciences, Guwahati.
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Abstract
Women account for more than
fifty percent of the total
workforce of the tea plantation
industry in Assam. Yet they remain
marginalized in many aspects of
the tea industry.This study attempts
to analyze the current state
of tea industry in Assam against
the backdrop of sexual division
of labor, role of patriarchy, trade
unions, sexual abuses and subordination
of women in tea estates.
It examines the intersectionality
of gender and class and
workplace inequalities and the
industrial relations scenario in
the tea estates. Negligible role of
the State and low social welfare
activities can be identified as one
of the major causes of pathetic
work conditions, especially of the
health hazards of women workers.
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