The frontline healthcare workers, particularly ASHAs are fighting COVID-19 crisis without proper remuneration and safety equipment.
On the occasion of International Workers' Day, president of the Centre of Indian Trade Union K. Hemalata talks about the conditions of workers who are bearing the brunt of the lockdown. She highlights the exploitation of the frontline healthcare workers, particularly ASHAs, who are working without proper remuneration and safety equipment. While huge retrenchments in several sectors further endanger workers’ livelihoods, the Modi government is instead pushing for measures to exploit workers through increasing working hours, codification of labour codes and so on.