Decade Long Attack on Indian Worker rights
Ever since Bharatiya Janata Party came to rule India a decade back in 2014, attacks on unions and the rights of workers increased consistently. Legitimate rights working class won earlier…
Labour Laws
Workers march in Delhi against anti-worker labour codes and privatization
Thousands of workers from every corner of the country swarmed to raise their voices in unison at the Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi, as part of Mazdoor Aakrosh Rally organized…
Labor Codes 2020 from a Labor rights perspective
The working conditions of labor during industrial revolution was characterized by long working hours (12-16 hour shifts), low wages, unsafe working conditions and lack of worker rights. The labor movements…
Human Rights and Germany’s New Supply Chain Law
Written by Thomas Klikauer and Norman Simms In February 2021, Germany’s main business daily, The Handelsblatt, reported that Germany’s grand coalition, consisting for the social-democratic SPD and Angela Merkel’s conservative…
New Labour Codes On Wages, Social Security And Occupational Safety And Health
A Rehash of anti-worker policies, to serve imperialist and Comprador Big Business interests, in the name of ease-of-doing-business There is little that is new in the labour codes…
New “Code on Industrial Relations, 2020” : United Struggles- the only Way for Working-Class to Exercise and Protect its Right
There is a debate on what the New Labour Codes recently enacted by the Modi Government mean for the Working-class of the country. The government and the ruling…
How much exploitation does Narendra Modi’s popularity cost?
Co-Written by Annesha Mukherjee & Satyaki Dasgupta The popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw a rise according to India Today’s ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll. Similar results were also…
Gujarat Mazdoor Sabha & Anr. V The State of Gujarat: A reminder by Supreme Court that Workers Right Matters
On March 24th, 2020, the Prime Minister announced a complete lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus. The abrupt lockdown brought every economic activity, except for some essential activities, to a…
The Pandemic and Withering Away of the Working Classes in India
The ordeals of the migrants and other working classes are not going to end if they survive from the COVID-19. The central and state governments are making sweeping changes to…
Draconian changes to India’s labour laws!
Labour “reforms” – India goes back in time Given the COVID-19 situation, though not with the same enthusiasm, nevertheless the entire world celebrated workers May Day recently. Ironically, here in India in the…
Labour in the Time of Corona
Back in the headlines Even as we were getting used to a new set of technical terms and headlines, from the brand new name of the virus to social distancing…
Solidarity Message to Trade Union Protest Day on May 22, 2020
We urge civil society organisations and peoples movements in India to express unconditional solidarity and support to the Central Trade Unions in India as they observe the nationwide protest on…
Down with Modi regime’s move to attack Labour Laws!
In Solidarity with the All India Protest organised by Central Trade Unions on 22nd May '20 the New Socialist Alternative will be participating, demanding the immediate reversal of policy proposals…
Slavery cannot be the Solution for Economic Development
SARs Cov-2, the virus that has caused the lockdown of 1.3 billion human beings in India has also caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis across the country. The International Labour Organization…
Scuttling Labour Laws
I Through an ordinance on May 6, 2020 the Uttar Pradesh government exempted all factories and manufacturing establishments from prominent labour laws for the next three years. Titled temporary, the…
It’s A Hobson’s Choice For Labour
Suspension of crucial labour laws for varying lengths of time by some of the states viz. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan etc., reflects the paradigm shift in relation to…
Suspension of Labour Laws: One more Neoliberal cruelty by BJP
Co-Written by Aqib Yousuf & And Abass Rather Suspension of labour laws means more exploitation of Workers and more power to the bosses. Workers earned these rights through a lot…
Covid-19: Metaphors of War and the Justifications for Labour Rights Violations
Indicative of the multi-layered responses on ‘worker-employer-government’ problematic that characterises the Covid-19 lockdown days, the Central trade unions have declared a day of protest on 22 May 2020. CTUOs call…
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