Report by Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
Since 8 August 2023, ASHA workers of Harya have been on strike demanding minimum wage. The ASHA Workers union is leading this struggle.
Continue readingReport by Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
Since 8 August 2023, ASHA workers of Harya have been on strike demanding minimum wage. The ASHA Workers union is leading this struggle.
Continue readingRenowned wrestlers, including Olympic medallists and Commonwealth champions, have been protesting at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar since April 23. They have accused Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, of sexual harassment of the women wrestlers.
Continue readingMass protests of workers have been going on in France since January this year. More than a million workers participated in a one-day strike across France, on January 19, 2023. Since then, hundreds of demonstrations have taken place. The number of workers coming out in these protests is reported to be higher than ever seen in the past 40-50 years.
Continue readingIt has been the experience of kisans that when their crops are damaged, the insurance claims are not fully paid. They have pointed out that insurance companies, in connivance with the government officials, cut down on their insurance claims. Therefore, they have demanded that crop cutting data be made public and the kisans should be given full insurance claim based on this data.
Continue readingAgricultural workers of the Zameen Prapati Sangharsh Committee (ZPSC), Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, Pendu Mazdoor Union, Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha, Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, Kul Hind Khet Mazdoor Union and the Dihati Mazdoor Sabha organised a massive rally at the residence of the Punjab Chief Minister in Sangrur, on November 30.
Continue readingFor the past several months, fisherfolk in Kerala have been opposing the construction of the port at Vizhinjam in Thiruvananthapuram, being built by Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, one of the biggest corporate houses of India, headed by Gautam Adani.
Continue readingUnder the banner of ‘Bijli Kranti Rally’, thousands of electricity workers and engineers from all parts of India came together in a massive protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on November 23.
Continue readingKisans in Punjab, Haryana, UP and other parts of the country continue to wage struggles for assured public procurement of their produce at remunerative prices, MSP for all crops, for state subsidies for agricultural inputs, for better irrigation facilities, for loan waiver and against the Electricity Amendment Bill. Justice for the murder of agitating kisans in Lakhimpur Kheri and withdrawal of false police cases against agitating kisans are other important demands they are raising. Kisans are demanding that the government fulfill the assurances it gave to them in December 2021 on the basis of which they had withdrawn their dharna at the borders of Delhi.
Continue readingUnder the flag of ‘NREGA Sangharsh Morcha’, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act workers from all across the country, staged a three-day dharna 2nd-4th August at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi in support of their demands.
Continue readingWorkers 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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