The struggle for restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for central and state government workers is spreading all across the country with increasing unity and resolve. In Maharashtra too, state government, semi government, teaching and non-teaching employees have declared that they will go on an indefinite strike from 14th March 2023.
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Growing monopolisation is the outcome of the capitalist path of development
Social ownership of the means of production is the necessary condition for social production to lead to the fulfilment of human needs rather than the fulfilment of monopoly capitalist greed.
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Meeting on Occupational Safety, Health and Working conditions
Thousands of workers die due to the unsafe conditions that prevail at work sites. Lakhs of workers are injured or maimed every year. Workers affected by these accidents are thrown out of work, without any compensation. Workers in many industries are perpetually exposed to hazardous conditions, whose ill-effects on their health manifest themselves later. Instead of safeguarding the health, safety and rights of all workers, the OSHW code eliminates a very large number of workers from its coverage, such as those who work in small factories, or on contract basis. Similarly IT employees, delivery workers, taxi drivers, gig workers, etc. are kept out of the purview of this act.
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Escalation of Israeli aggression and violence against the Palestinian people
People all over the world have protested against the escalating crimes of the Israeli state. Tens of thousands of people have protested in demonstrations in Israel as well.
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23 years after the privatisation of Modern Foods:
Unite and defeat the privatisation program of the bourgeoisie
Today, 23 years after the workers of Modern Foods launched their historic struggle against privatisation, the times are calling on the working class to draw some crucial lessons.
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Public discussion on privatisation:
Capitalist Greed vs Social Need
Mazdoor Ekta Committee (MEC) organised a discussion on privatisation, on February 5 at New Delhi. The topic of the discussion was ‘Capitalist Greed vs Social Need’.
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British workers say enough is enough!
Massive strike of workers to demand decent living wages
We are reproducing a statement issued by the Indian Workers’ Association (Great Britain) and Ghadar International, dated February 7, 2023.
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Widespread workers’ strikes in Britain
Nearly half a million teachers of schools and universities, health workers, workers of many public services, railway workers, etc. unitedly came out on the streets throughout Britain on February 1, 2023.
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Workers in France oppose government’s plan to raise retirement age
Tens of thousands of workers across France held protest demonstrations and rallies on January 31, the second time in the same month, to denounce the government’s new bill which proposes to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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Rajasthan state employees warn the government
The agitation of about eight lakh government employees of Rajasthan has been gaining momentum since several months. Government employee organizations in several districts of Rajasthan have been working to make the agitation a success. For example, on 18th January, a protest was held in front of the collector office on behalf of the Joint Employees Federation in Hanumangarh, where a memorandum regarding their demands, addressed to the Chief Minister, was given to the Collector.
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