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06/08/2025 cgpiadmin

Karnataka government withdraws amendment to increase working hours
Workers Unity Movement hails the victory of IT workers’ consistent struggle

Report by correspondent of the Workers’ Unity Movement

Forcing the government to roll back this anti-worker amendment is a victory for the IT workers. It is also a victory for all workers in struggle for their rights in the face of increasing attacks on them by the capitalists. Such laws and regulations that seek to legitimize attacks on workers’ fundamental right to a personal life, to form unions, to go on strike and protest must be relentlessly opposed. Workers must unite across sectors and industries to demand these rights.

06/08/2025 cgpiadmin

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TCS announces layoff of 12000 workers

The situation is extremely grim for thousands of workers whose sweat and toil has generated massive profits for this Tata company. Those who are on the bench are being forced to resign. Those who are raising their voices against this injustice are being threatened with blacklisting (so they cannot get jobs elsewhere at any time) and their payments are being held back.

25/06/2025 cgpiadmin

Karnataka proposes extending the working day:
Nothing but modern-day slavery

Report from correspondent of Workers Unity Movement

Workers Unity Movement joins IT unions and other workers organisations in condemning the Karnataka government’s move to extend daily working hours from 10 to 12 and raise the present limit on overtime work from 50 hours in a period of 3 months to 144 hours. Among other measures, the amendment will allow IT and ITES companies to force women to work during night shifts.

13/03/2025 cgpiadmin

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IT/ITeS workers protest against inhuman working conditions

Hundreds of IT professionals gathered, to raise their voice against their severe exploitation, long working hours, unrealistic work targets and grave job insecurity.

13/08/2024 cgpiadmin

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IT workers in Bengaluru protest against proposal for longer work day

The 8-hour limit to the working day is a right which the international working class won through many decades of struggle in the past. It is a right that belongs to all workers, skilled and unskilled, because every worker needs adequate time for rest, recreation and to attend to family matters. The struggle of IT workers against attempts to legalize the prolongation of their working hours deserves unconditional support from all sections of the working class.