(Anjali Shreya, Intern Journalist): According to the seventh edition of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Global Rights Index, India ranks among the 10 worst countries for working people, ranking 144 countries on the degree of respect for workers’ rights.
The others include Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Turkey, and Zimbabwe.
The Middle East and North Africa are the world’s worst region for working people for seven years due to ongoing insecurity and conflict in Palestine, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, with the most regressive zone for workers’ representation and union rights joined.
The ITUC report concludes that 85 percent of countries violated the right to strike and 80 percent of countries collectively violated the right to bargain.
The number of countries hindering the registration of unions has increased. Three new countries – India, Egypt, and Honduras – entered the list of the ten worst countries for labor.
The number of countries deprived or forced to speak increased from 54 in 2019 to 56 in 2020. Violence in 51 countries exposed to workers. In 72 percent of the countries, workers were not allowed to receive justice.
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