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Collective bargaining in the Global(ised) South

Indian trade unions need networks of activists all along the supply chain if they’re to successfully take on multinational corporations.

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Trade union rally in India. ILO in Asia and the Pacific/Flickr. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

My name is Mohan Mani. I graduated in engineering and business administration and worked as a manager and business consultant with the public and private sector in India from 1979 to 1991 – the last four years being divided between working for corporate interests and with small social organisations focussing on environmental degradation. I have worked with the Centre for Workers Management (CWM) since 1991, a small trade union resource centre in India created by several independent trade unions in the formal and informal sectors. I continue to be associated with CWM, while also being a Visiting Fellow with the Centre for Labour Studies at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU). 

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