The heatwave brought about an unexpected red-green solidarity this May Day in Delhi
Climate and labour injustice in urban India are the product of the same framework of capitalist exploitation. Yet India’s law and policy approaches to the entangled issue of environmental and labour rights has consistently fallen short of clear committments.
Dr. Akash Bhattacharya is a historian and a trade union activist. He has been involved in several labour movements over the past decade from the Maruti Suzuki movement in Manesar to the ITI workers' struggle in Bangalore. He organizes informal workers in Delhi and has been active in the anti-demolition movements in the city. He is part of the National Council of the All-India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU).