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Interview with Comrade G.M.Krishnamurthy, General Secretary of the Madras Port Trust Employees Union, Vice president of All India Port and Dock Workers Federation and Secretary of Tamil Nadu State HMS.

Mazdoor Ekta Lehar (MEL): Can you please tell us about your union? What has been the trend of employment in the last 15-20 years?

More than 250 nurses of Asian Heart Institute Hospital finally rebelled when they could no more bear the cruel exploitation by the management. On 21st October, the third day of their strike, police brutally lathi charged them, injuring 4 nurses.

The National Federation of Road Transport Workers observed International Action Day of Workers on October 3, 2011, according to its General Secretary Comrade M.L.Yadav. The NFRTW is affiliated to the Trade Union International – Transport.

A public meeting was organized in the Okhla Industrial Area of South Delhi on 16th October, 2011 under the banner of Lok Raj Sangathan Samiti (Sanjay Colony), to report on the actions taken by the Samiti on the issue of basic rights like water and sanitation.

According to recent reports in the press, a contractor made an agreement to send 15 workers from Orissa to South Africa, promising Rs 15,000 per month to the unskilled labourers and Rs 16,000 to semi-skilled workers, such as masons and plumbers, among them. The workers were instead sent to Uganda and subject to very exploitative conditions of work.

After 14 long days of struggle, the management had to come to an agreement on 20 October 2011 with the Maruti-Suzuki Employees Union and with Suzuki Powertrain Employees Union and Suzuki Motorcycles Employees Union, who had also come on the streets in support. The agreement was mediated by the Haryana government.

There was a huge rally organised at the Nehru Park in Gurgaon on 17 October 2011 to support the workers of Maruti-Suzuki. Workers from the Gurgaon and Manesar industrial belts expressed their anger at the anti-worker policies of the Central and State governments.

Mazdoor Ekta Committee, All India Federation of Trade Unions, Inquilabi Mazdoor Kendra, Indian Federation of Trade Union, Indian Council of Trade Unions, Mazdoor Ekta Kendra and thousands of workers of various organizations jointly participated in a protest in support of the struggle of the workers of Maruti-Suzuki at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on 15th October 2011.

This joint statement of Lok Raj Sangathan, All India Loco Running Staff Association, All India Railway Employees Federation, Western Railway Motormen Association, Air India Airport Engineers Association, Air India Employees Union, Airport Authority of India Employees Union, All India Service Engineers Association, All India Voltas Employees Federation, BSNL Employees Union, BEST Workers Unio

On 21st October 2911, Railwaymen began their agitation for recruitment of gangmen.