Impact of globalization on NAKA workers

This paper is an attempt to look into the impact of globalization on workers of the unorganised sector. From the vast pool of the unorganised sector workers, Naka Workers have been chosen for this paper and a comparative analysis has been done of the Naka Workers of Chembur Naka, Mumbai. The process of globalization in developing economies has provided a vast arena of challenges as well as opportunities. It has expanded opportunities for the highly skilled but there has been vanishing of opportunities for the less skilled labour. The employment opportunities, no doubt have increased but due to flexibility in labour norms during the process of globalization and liberalization of the economy, the share of informal sector in total employment has tremendously expanded. This informalisation of work has led to the development of a new group of called the ‘Naka Workers’. These are workers who gather on the cross roads, streets of the city, railway station, parking lots, or at places where they can be easily spotted by their prospective employer. They work on contract basis. The Naka workers are characterised by low level of economic activity, low level of income, no access to capital.