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The conditions of work and the hardships of the workers described above have become common to many industrial units and services in India. Most workers, today, are employed in the unorganised sector. Moreover, increasingly conditions of work in the organised sector have come to resemble the unorganised sector. Workers in the organised sector such as Sushila no longer get the protection and benefits that they enjoyed earlier. LET’S WORK THESE OUT 1. In what ways has competition affected workers, Indian exporters and foreign MNCs in the garment industry? 2. What can be done by each of the following so that the workers can get a fair share of benefits brought by globalisation? (a) government (b) employers at the exporting factories (c) MNCs (d) workers. 3. One of the present debates in India is whether companies should have flexible policies for employment. Based on what you have read in the chapter, summarise the point of view of the employers and workers. THE STRUGGLE FOR A FAIR GLOBALISATION The above evidence indicates that that labour laws are properly not everyone has benefited from implemented and the workers get globalisation. People with education, their rights. It can support small skill and wealth have made the best producers to improve their use of the new opportunities. On the performance till the time they become other hand, there are many people strong enough to compete. If who have not shared the benefits. necessary, the government can use Since globalisation is now a trade and investment barriers. It can reality, the question is how to negotiate at the WTO for ‘fairer rules’. It can also align with other developing make globalisation more ‘fair’? Fair globalisation would create countries with similar interests to opportunities for all, and also ensurefight against the domination of that the benefits of globalisation aredeveloped countries in the WTO. shared better. In the past few years, massive The government can play a major campaigns and representation by role in making this possible. Its people’s organisations have policiesmustprotecttheinterests,not influenced important decisions only of the rich and the powerful, butrelating to trade and investments at allthepeopleinthecountry.Youhave the WTO. This has demonstrated read about some of the possible steps that people also can play an that the government can take. For important role in the struggle for fair instance, the government can ensure globalisation. 70 U NDERST ANDING E CONOMIC D EVEL OPMENT Reprint 2026-27