Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
The 19th State Conference of West Bengal Medical and Sales Representatives Union (WBMSRU) was recently held at Siliguri from 8th to 10th September 2023. WBMSRU is the largest union of medical sales representatives (MRs) in West Bengal and has around 22,000 members. The Conference discussed the deteriorating working conditions of workers in this sector.
Continue readingThe Indian bourgeoisie has considered the presidency of G20 this year as an excellent opportunity to advance its own imperialist aims. Behind all the talk about championing the interests of less developed countries of the world lies the interests of Indian capitalists to further penetrate the markets of such countries and gain control of various precious raw materials.
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The protesting workers are demanding that the JNU management recognise them as permanent workers and give them the statutory wages as well all other benefits due to them.
Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
The Indian state has been launching one attack after the other on the working class and toiling people. The state is taking steps to privatise public sector enterprises and contractualise jobs in private as well public sectors. Additionally, Central and state governments are passing anti-worker laws to give a free hand to capitalists owners to increase exploitation of workers.
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Auto workers in the United States are on strike for their demand for higher wages. The strike began in Ford Motor Company on 15th August 2023. By 22nd August, auto workers of the other two big automobile companies, namely, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis (a merger the American Fiat Chrysler company and the European PSA group) had joined the strike.
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More than 1,00,000 public sector workers marched through the streets of Montreal on 23rd September 2023 to demand their rights.
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Workers of the public sector company, Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited (HEC) protested at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on September 21, demanding their salaries, due for the past 18 months. The workers are also opposing the deliberate neglect of this important PSU by the government and the government’s plans for closure of the company. They are demanding that the government urgently carry out the much-needed modernization of the PSU.
The US imperialists’ want to use the Indian people in their criminal war plans for dominating Asia and the whole world. This is completely against the interests of the peoples of India and of other countries.
We must resolutely oppose the strengthening of the military strategic alliance between India and the US. US imperialism has never been and will never be a friend of the Indian people.
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High rate of growth in bank lending and improved profitability of banks are being cited as signs of good health of the Indian economy. However, the fact that credit growth is driven by loans for consumption, rather than loans for production, is not a healthy sign. It is a dangerous trend. Moreover, the improved profitability of banks has been achieved at a very high public cost, including massive government spending to finance waiver of loans owed by capitalist defaulters, and charging much higher interest on consumer credit than the interest paid on deposits.
Continue readingThe Cuban people have every right to pursue the economic and political system of their choice. These have not caused harm to people of any other country. Cuba has boldly opposed the aggressive activities of US imperialism against other countries.
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