The Trade Union Coordination Committee, representing the nearly 4,000 private sector workers serving the Cochin Port Trust, has served a notice of strike from August 11.
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Tata Memorial Hospital staff win the right to fight for their rights
Employees at Tata Memorial Centre, the country’s premier facility for treatment of cancer, can now agitate against unfair labour practices legally and put up their grievances before the local labour commissioner. On August 9, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that they are governed by the state labour laws.
Continue readingSolidarity for tea workers in India
We have reported in an earlier issue of Mazdoor Ekta Lehar of the prolonged struggle for rights of tea workers of tea plantations owned by the Tata's in West Bengal.
Continue readingVolvo workers strike over pay
About 600 employees of a Volvo bus plant near Bangalore in India are striking for better pay and the return to work of four colleagues suspended following a dispute.
Continue readingBritain : Massive event organised by workers
Over 50,000 workers took part in a massive event in Durham, Britain in July, 2010 on the occasion of the “126th Durham Miners Gala and Big Meeting”.
Continue readingJapan : Rally to protest anti-union activities of shipping company
Dockers and seafarers gathered outside the head office of a Japanese shipping company Dowa Lines in July 2010 against the firm’s anti-union actions. They demanded that the company sign agreements of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) for its fleet of 24 vessels.
Continue readingSri Lanka : University teachers’ Struggle
Over 4,000 teachers and 300 professors at 18 public universities in Sri Lanka have declared they will strike work from August 16 2010 unless the government addresses their demands. They have asked for a 25 percent pay increase.
Continue readingIndonesia : Mining workers’ struggle
Over 1,500 workers at the Batu Hijau gold and copper mine on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia are on strike since August 1, 2010 demanding overtime and improved working conditions.
Continue readingIndependence without social revolution has only benefited the capitalist minority
Sixty three years ago, on 15th August, India declared its formal independence from British colonial rule. The masses of people, who had fought and sacrificed to throw out the British colonisers, hoped that this independence would bring an end to the colonial and imperialist plunder of our land, labour and natural resources.
Continue readingPublic meeting on the occasion of Lok Raj Samiti’s re-constitution
The Lok Raj Samiti of Sanjay Colony, located in the Okhla industrial estate was re-established on July 25, 2010. Besides hundreds of members of Lok Raj, the residents of Sanjay Colony participated in the public meeting on the occasion. The members of Lok Raj Samitis of neighbouring chawls participated as representatives of their colonies in this meeting.
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