Report by the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
Workers in the multi-specialty Hindu Rao Hospital of North Delhi Municipal Corporation have been on an indefinite strike for their demands from 4 October 2024 under the leadership of Hindu Rao Hospital Employees Union.
Continue readingOn August 24, 2024, the Central government announced a Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for all government employees. This announcement has come in the wake of massive and sustained struggles waged by government employees, who have been demanding restoration of the old pension scheme that was applicable for those who joined government service before 1 January, 2004.
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The 19th State Conference of West Bengal Medical and Sales Representatives Union (WBMSRU) was recently held at Siliguri from 8th to 10th September 2023. WBMSRU is the largest union of medical sales representatives (MRs) in West Bengal and has around 22,000 members. The Conference discussed the deteriorating working conditions of workers in this sector.
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Report of Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
From September 1, 2023, pharmacists working in government hospitals and dispensaries across different districts of Rajasthan are organising a series of strikes in support of their demands, under the leadership of Rajasthan Pharmacists Employees Union (Unified).
Continue readingThe plan of the ruling class to privatise Indian Railways is running full steam ahead. The Central government has taken advantage of the Corona pandemic to implement this program on fast track. The repeated promises of successive prime ministers that Indian Railways will never be privatised stand nakedly exposed as blatant lies.
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The study of rail privatisation in various countries of the world shows that the only gainers have been capitalist monopolies. People have lost heavily.
Continue readingIndian Railways plays a vital role in the country’s economy. Many generations of workers and their families have contributed to building it. This key institution is being systematically broken up and privatised stealthily part by part by the Government of India.
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Privatisation of Indian Railways (IR) is being carried out at the behest of Indian and foreign monopolies who want to acquire vast infrastructure, land and workforce of the Indian Railways at cheap prices. This is the real reason for step-by-step privatisation, pursued by all the parties that have been in power for several decades.
Continue readingPrivatisation of Indian Railways (IR) is being carried out at the behest of Indian and foreign monopolies who want to acquire vast infrastructure, land and workforce of the Indian Railways at cheap prices. This is the real reason for step-by-step privatisation, pursued by all the parties that have been in power for several decades.
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Indian Railways is a lifeline of the country. Nearly 800 crore people travel on the Indian Railways every year. It is the only reliable and affordable means of long distance travel for crores of workers, between their place of work and their home town or village.
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