Initiative by 14 Organisations
Nagpur Conventions
Delhi Consultation

Background
Why social Security?
National Level
State Level
Working Group Meetings

The unorganised workers are that vast majority of employed, employable unemployed and self employed work force of 390 million which encompass contract labour, casuals, temporaries, home workers, domestic servants, time rated or piece rated, casuals, part time workers, own account workers, agriculture workers, share-croppers, marginal farmers, contractual workers and include women, child labour and old aged workers. Their wages and earnings are generally at subsistence level. They do not get protection of labour laws due to ignorance and very loose enforcement. The unorganised workers are generally denied social security, welfare and health cover. They are not organised in any form of trade unions or associations and generally face inhuman or hostile social environment. They are engaged in unorganized economic activities which encompasses small scale industries, cottage industries, micro units of production, construction, in large manufacturing units, textile and garment, horticulture, agriculture, rural occupations, forest based employment's, fisheries, sweeping-cleaning, loading-unloading, mining, forestry, service sector, entertainment and thousands of many more occupations or avocations. The globalisation-influenced policies of the government have led to increased contractualisation, outsourcing, informalisation, closure of small-scale industries and the size of unorganised sector workers is growing at a faster rate. A rough estimate would suggest 94 percent of approximately 405 million are in unorganised or informal sector. These workers contribute to more than 50 per cent to the GDP growth. 

Forthcoming events

Working Group Meeting, Mumbai

National Working Groups of Social Security Now in its meeting held in Mumbai on March 28, 2008 deliberated on crucial issues and took important decisions.YUVA centre Mumbai has hosted the meeting...Read More


More informations
On August 9,2008: National working group meeting of SOCIAL SECURITY NOW (SSN) will hold on august 9, in Allahabad. This will plan for a national Mahapanchayat in September to develop election strategy for making Social Security as an election agenda, a people’s issue and a political issue..
On September 24-27, 2008: A national Mahapanchayat will be organized from 24-27, September, 2008 at ALLAHABAD by 'SAMAJIK SURAKSHA ADHIKAR ABHIYAN' an alliance of people’s organizations, campaign groups, trade unions, campaign groups and other civil society movements. WORKERS’.

International Commitments and Constitutional Obligations which bind government for providing social security to all working people.

The UnOrganised Sector Workers'Social Security Bill 2007,25th Report

Convention on social security


Nagpur Declaration

State Level Conventions

Response to 2007 Bill

Social Security Now ! Poora Kam,poora daam poori suraksha,
poora maan
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