Plans for longer working hours in Karnataka factories breach ILO rules, say unions

The All-India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC) has called on the International Labour Organization (ILO) to warn the Indian central government that a planned extension of daily working hours in factories in Karnataka state from nine to 12 must be abandoned because it breaches ILO conventions and declarations which India has signed up to.

By Orchie Bandyopadhyay on 09 May 2023