Workers of the Public Health Engineering Department (Jal Shakti) of Jammu region have been carrying on a prolonged strike since June 22. Their strike has badly affected water supply in many places in the Jammu region.
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Sanitation workers of Karnataka win struggle for regularisation of jobs
Thousands of sanitation workers of Karnataka went on a militant indefinite strike on July 1, demanding regularisation of their jobs. The sanitation workers, called pourakarmikas, are mainly women workers. Their strike effected sanitation work not only in the 198 wards of Bengaluru, but in all the districts of Karnataka.
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Government employees in Chhattisgarh to strike work from 25th July
Under the banner of the Chhattisgarh Officers-Employees Federation, all government employees will go on strike from July 25 to 29 in support of their demands. 28 organisations of government employees are jointly spearheading the strike.
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Sanitation workers in Ludhiana demand regularisation of jobs
Organised workers under the banner of Safai Karamchari Sangharsh Samiti have started an indefinite agitation from July 5.
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Nationwide agitation against Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 announced
The All India Power Engineers Federation has written to the Union Power Minister demanding that the bill should not be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament, without talking to power consumers and electricity workers in detail, on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 recently released by the Central government.
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Privatisation of Electricity Distribution – False Claims and Real Aim
This is the Fifth in a series of articles on the class struggle over electricity in India
Nearly 27 lakh (2.7 million) electricity workers are threatening to go on strike across the country if the government tables the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022 in parliament. The electricity workers are demanding that the government abandon its plans to privatise electricity distribution.
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Workers of Coal India are gearing up for a fight!
The Indian government has proposed to hand over 160 underground mines to private companies as part of the National Monetization Policy.
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Indigo Airlines workers struggle for their rights
Workers of the Indigo Airlines including flight crew, technicians and other ground staff have taken the path of struggle in defence of and to assert their rights.
Continue reading12th Ministerial Conference of World Trade Organisation:
The biggest imperialist powers determine the rules of world trade
The 12th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) took place 12th-17th June 2022. The Ministerial Conference is the highest decision-making body of the WTO and usually meets every two years.
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Declaration of an expansionist war-mongering agenda
A summit of the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was held between 28th-30th June in Madrid, Spain. The NATO Madrid Summit was held on the 40th anniversary of Spain’s accession to the international military alliance that consists of 30 member states from Europe and North America. NATO was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4th April 1949, after the end of the Second World War.
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