Farmers of Punjab and Haryana have been organizing protest actions to assert their claims.
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Outcome of absence of MSP and cold storage for tomato crop:
Producers forced to destroyed the fruits of their toil
It is a crime when producers have to destroy their harvest because they cannot get the prices to cover their investment. This is what tomato producers in Maharashtra are facing today.
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Contract Workers of Southern Naval Command in Kerala denied wages and job security
Thousands of contract workers are employed by different contractors from various parts of the country, in the two bases of the Indian Navy under the Southern Naval Command, in Kochi and Kannur in Kerala. These contract workers are denied the statutory minimum wages. They have no job security and no social security measures. According to a notification issued by the Union government, they are eligible for wages of Rs 617 per day, which is supposed to be revised every six months. However, workers employed by several contract companies have complained that they are not being paid these wages.
Continue readingMedical representatives fight against worsening work conditions
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.
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On the Results of the G20 summit in New Delhi
The 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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Contract workers in JNU hold ‘Samman Rally’
Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
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.
Transport workers in West Bengal unite on their charter of demands
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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US auto workers on strike for higher wages
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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Canadian public sector workers demonstrate in Montreal
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 Heavy Engineering Corporation demand salary dues and oppose closure of company
Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
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.