Demand for Cheap Labour in Cities Post Covid-19 Could See More Children Being Forced to Work: TISS Professor

Migrant workers in the country are in the thick of an acute crisis caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, but

academics say that the worst is yet to come. Migration of workers from cities could result in the

middle-classes shelling out more for local labour that is likely to replace the migrant labourers.

But more importantly, the dire circumstances of the poor combined with the demand for cheap labour

could result in more children being forced to work in factories, argues Rahul Suresh Sapkal, assistant

professor, Centre for Labour Studies, School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, Mumbai, in this

interview to News18.

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