Recently, some well-known industry chiefs have been prescribing a long work week of 70 hours and even 90 hours in the name of contributing to our country’s development goals. They are ignoring the fact that an 8-hour day with one day of rest in a week is the law. It is important not to allow the capitalists to get away with this. This is an occasion to recall the history of struggle through which the working class of India succeeded in establishing this law.
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The recent firing of the Sri Lankan navy on an Indian fishing boat has come as a stark reminder that the problem faced by the fishermen in Tamilnadu needs urgent attention. The recurring arrests of Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka in the Palk Strait impacting the lives of thousands of fishing families in Tamil Nadu have become a persistent flashpoint in bilateral relations between India and Sri Lanka.
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The Vidyut Karamchari Samyukta Sangharsh Samiti, Uttar Pradesh has intensified the campaign against the privatization of electricity. On 25 January 2025, electricity employees across the state protested against privatization by wearing black bands.
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Report by Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
B.Ed. assistant teachers blocked roads for 10 hours on 19 January 2025, demanding adjustment. A large number of teachers and their families were among the protesters. The teachers raised slogans against the government and demanded their reinstatement.
Continue readingOver the past fifteen months, the Palestinian people have shown to the whole world their indomitable spirit, and their determination to continue the struggle, no matter what sacrifices it entails, to end the Israeli occupation of their homeland.
The Communist Ghadar Party of India salutes the heroic Palestinian people and their just struggle. The people of India are one with the Palestinian people in this struggle.
The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States on 20 January 2025 was marked by extravagant multi-events, even as tens of thousands of working people across the country braved the biting cold to come out on the streets against his anti-people agenda.
Continue readingSenior officers of the Delhi Police have been empowered by the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) to issue “takedown orders” to social media companies and other intermediaries. They have been given the power to remove what may be classified as “illegal content” under the Information Technology Act 2020.
Continue readingWorkers in every industry and sector of the economy must continue to struggle for a code of safety standards and strict implementation of the same.The struggle for ensuring safety standards in all work places, is part of the struggle of working class against the anti-worker offensive of the ruling capitalist class.
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Report by Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
8000 contract and outsourced workers of bus service in Punjab went on a three-day strike from 6 January 2025. Drivers, conductors and other employees of Punjab Roadways, PRTC and PUNBUS participated in this strike. Permanent employees of the transport service also supported the strike.
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Report by Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
2900 “sahayak” (assistant) teachers in Chhattisgarh are struggling to save their jobs. On 12 January, the teachers took out a militant 5 km crawling rally. Earlier on 10 January, NCET (National Council of Teachers Education) took out a funeral procession and burnt an effigy. They have been on mass hunger strike since 3 January. The assistant teachers have been adopting different forms of protest against their dismissal and demanding from government the repeal of their dismissal.
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