![]() He also strengthened trade unions and established employment exchanges across India.Ħ. ![]() He also introduced several measures for workers like dearness allowance, leave benefit, employee insurance, medical leave, equal pay for equal work, minimum wages and periodic revision of scale of pay. He changed the working hours from 12 hours to 8 hours in the 7th session of Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi in November 1942. Ambedkar changed the working hours in India from 14 hours to 8 hours.Īs the member for labour in the viceroy’s council from 1942 to 1946, Dr Ambedkar was instrumental in bringing about several labour reforms. It must be clear that this meeting has been called to set up the norm of equality.” 5. We are going to the tank to assert that we too are human beings like others. ![]() “We are not going to the Chavadar Tank to merely drink its water. By leading a group of Dalits to drink water from Chavadar lake in Mahad, Ambedkar didn’t just assert the right of Dalits to take water from public water sources, he sowed the the seeds of Dalit emancipation.
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