The Central Trade Unions have announced an all India day of protest action on 5 February to condemn the anti worker, anti peasant, anti people course being pursued by the government. This will be followed by an All India campaign against the four labour codes. The Unions have announced that they will organise a General Strike in the event the Central government goes ahead with notifying the rules for the labour codes.
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Contract workers in Maharashtra hold massive protest in Mumbai
Contract workers belonging to different trade unions participated in a joint protest called by ‘Workers Employees Joint Action Committee Maharashtra’ at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on 23 August 2024.
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An important step in the struggle for the rights of informal workers
A report by a correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Lehar
The Working Group to frame a Comprehensive Law for Informal Sector Workers organised a Consultation and Planning meeting in New Delhi on September 30 and October 1. This is the second of three such meetings being organised in different regions of the country.
Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Act, 2023:
A claim to address the problems of gig workers
Trade unions and organisations of the working class have to take up the issues of legal recognition of gig workers as workers, of their rights such as fixed working hours, safe working conditions, minimum wages, security of jobs, social security, right to form unions, mechanisms for redressal of grievances, etc.
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The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code: Grave Violation of Workers’ Rights
Workers are pointing out that the OSH Code greatly aggravates the already deplorable conditions that workers in all sectors face, in terms of their health, safety and working conditions at the workplace. It is a grave violation of the workers’ right to life and dignity. It is being resolutely opposed by trade unions cutting across party affiliation, and by workers and their organisations in all industries and services.
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