Post Tagged with: "workers"

Everyday Exclusions of Migrant Workers in Ahmedabad’s Industrial Clusters

Everyday Exclusions of Migrant Workers in Ahmedabad’s Industrial Clusters

Ahmedabad’s eastern peripheral areas include informal industrial clusters such as Vatva, Narol, Sarkhej, Ramol, Dani Limda, Aslali. These are well-known for a variety of industries that they house. The industries here include garments and textiles, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing, machine parts, wood processing, fabrication, plastic recycling, glass manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, transport, warehouses, small restaurants and hotels, garages, automobile servicing, electrical parts and[Read More…]

by — 03/05/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Emerging Unity of Farmers and Workers in India Should be Widely Welcomed

Emerging Unity of Farmers and Workers in India Should be Widely Welcomed

The impressive mobilization of farmers, farm workers and other workers from all over the country in Delhi on April 5 for focusing attention on their problems and several unhelpful policies of the government should be widely welcomed as this unity can be very useful in resolving several serious problems of workers and farmers which have been causing distress, tensions and[Read More…]

by — 06/04/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Belsonica Mazdoor Union protest retrenchment and Cancelling of Union Membership by management in Manesar

Belsonica Mazdoor Union protest retrenchment and Cancelling of Union Membership by management in Manesar

  Belsonica Mazdoor Union of Maruti’s component manufacturing company Belsonica Plant at IMT Manesar, Haryana undertook a boycott of lunch for 6 days. The management had suspended a permanent worker for 6 days, against which union members protested. Belsonica Management had suspended a labourer named Sudhir Tripathi for 6 days. The management had asked Sudhir to leave his place of[Read More…]

by — 17/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Commemorating 40th anniversary of Mumbai Textile Workers Strike

Commemorating 40th anniversary of Mumbai Textile Workers Strike

On January 18th, 1982 the working class movement commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Textile Workers Strike that lasted for 18 months, till July 1983. It was landmark event that played a major role in shaping the working class movement. With more than 2.5 lakh workers from 65 textile mills joining in this strike for almost two years, this strike[Read More…]

by — 12/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Workers of Bhagwati Products and Zydus Wellness protest illegal retrenchment

Workers of Bhagwati Products and Zydus Wellness protest illegal retrenchment

Workers of Bhagwati Products based in Sidkul Pant Nagar and Zydus Wellness located in Sitarganj, Uttarakhand launched a rally and demonstrated at the district collectorate under the leadership of Shramik United Morcha Udham Singh Nagar with regard to resumption of work and other problems. On the conclusion of the rally, the workers of both the companies submitted a 6-point collective[Read More…]

by — 08/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
The Struggle of ITI Workers

The Struggle of ITI Workers

by Suryashekhar Biswas & Sachi Workers of the Indian Telecommunication Industries Ltd. (ITI) have been on a sit-in protest outside the factory premises in Dooravani Nagar, Bangalore, since 1 December 2021. They have been protesting against their arbitrary termination from work following the formation of a union and demanding their basic rights⁠—such as equal treatment for workers from marginalised castes[Read More…]

by — 04/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Can Workers Protect Legislation Enacted After Their Long Struggle

Can Workers Protect Legislation Enacted After Their Long Struggle

If workers struggle for a long time for protective legislation and also succeed in their aim, but the protective law is threatened by dilution and restrictive changes even before its benefits can reach most workers, then should they not re-assert to protect this law? This is a question which construction workers face today in the context of the threat of[Read More…]

by — 04/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Stagnant Wages, Rising Prices, More Disruptions

Stagnant Wages, Rising Prices, More Disruptions

How Construction Workers Sink Deeper into Poverty and Debt Keshav and Somvati are residents of a hut in Shahbad dairy colony of Delhi. When lockdown was announced in 2020 they were in Gujarat to work in a construction project. The closure was so sudden and placed them in such a difficult position in a new area where they had hardly[Read More…]

by — 02/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
Construction Workers Deeply Hurt by Denial of Promised Legal Benefits

Construction Workers Deeply Hurt by Denial of Promised Legal Benefits

When two path-breaking laws were passed in India in 1996 for construction workers, there was great hope among tens of millions of these workers for a range of benefits and welfare measures promised by these laws. Despite a delayed and hesitant start, these hopes got a boost more recently when the Supreme Court gave strong directions for the better implementation[Read More…]

by — 01/01/2023 — Comments are Disabled — India
The Union Makes Us Strong: Understanding Trade Unionism in a Global Context

The Union Makes Us Strong: Understanding Trade Unionism in a Global Context

One of the encouraging things this long-time labor activist has been watching over the past several years is the emerging development of unions across the world and in the United States.  We’re hearing about new organizing efforts in Argentina, China, Iran, Mexico, South Africa, Vietnam, and other places, including the United States.  And while I’m aware of the global context,[Read More…]

by — 03/12/2022 — Comments are Disabled — World
Workers of India Declare Their Determination to Protect Not Just Their Rights but the Entire Economy as Well

Workers of India Declare Their Determination to Protect Not Just Their Rights but the Entire Economy as Well

If policies of crony capitalism, plunder of people and imperialist exploitation dominate the economic regime of a country, then along with the overall decline of the economy it is inevitable that workers of that country will have to suffer a lot. In such a situation workers and their unions will also have to assert themselves to protect their rights but[Read More…]

by — 15/11/2021 — Comments are Disabled — India
WHO/ILO study says nearly 2 million workers globally die from work-related issues each year

WHO/ILO study says nearly 2 million workers globally die from work-related issues each year

A new report, jointly issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) on work-related deaths for the year 2016, shows that workplace-related diseases and injuries led to the deaths of 1.9 million people in that year. The WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-Related Burden of Disease and Injury, 2000-2016, conducted before the outbreak of the[Read More…]

by — 25/09/2021 — Comments are Disabled — World