WORK LONG OR SUFFER POVERTY -- A CONUNDRUM

CONTEXT:
A Routers report about plight of workers in UK.
Brief gist:

1. 1 out of 4 British workers are going for double jobs to pay off their debts or just to get going.

2. 60% of British workers, particularly in FINANCE AND EDUCATION sector want to reduce their weekly work hours.

The plight of workers throughout the world may be similar.

This is even after 300 years of Industrial revolution and democracy. The Europe, US and Canada, Australia claim to be the champions of human rights. It is perplexing why workers both white collar and blue collar have to work on double jobs or feel work fatigued. Where all the wealth created by the workforce is going? Everybody is proud of the Fortune 500 Companies. They may be excellent paymasters.

The WTO and the Developed countries insist that India should open gates of labor legislation. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh repeatedly promised to liberalise the labor laws to satisfy the multinationals.

Then what will be the fate of the workers abroad and in India?

Here is a link to an article by Dave Lindorf at the website of International Labor Communications Union, USA. This aptly describes the plight of workers doing double jobs with single pay checks.

ILCA ARTICLE