Unions navigate a changing plantation workforce in Kerala

Sai Veena S Kuttoth, in The Migration Story, explores how trade unions act as bridgemakers through mediation, negotiation and conciliation as  Idukki’s tea plantations witness a demographic shift.

Plantation Idukki

The MIgration Story-30 March 2026

Sai Veena S Kuttoth is an MA in Development student at Azim Premji University. Her work primarily focuses on migration, informal labour, social movements and everyday politics.

Image credit: Sai Veena S Kuttoth 

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