The strike in Samsung Electronics in South Korea completed its 8th day on 14th July. On 15th July, the National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU) organized another rally with hundreds of workers in front of one of the factory gates.
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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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