Report by the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
Mazdoor Ekta Committee organized a meeting on the subject – Struggle for a dignified living wage – on 27 October 2024. Activists of workers’ organizations and trade unions from different states of the country participated in the meeting as also many teachers, advocates, workers, women, students and youth. Activists from America, Canada, England, Australia and other countries also participated in it.
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The death of a migrant worker from India on 19th June after he was seriously injured by farm machinery two days earlier, has once again brought the spotlight on the condition of Indian migrant workers in foreign countries.
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In response to the persistent struggle of garment workers of Tamilnadu, the state government is proposing to revise the minimum wages for garment workers. The capitalists in this sector have intensified their attacks on workers to protect their profits.
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Report by Mazdoor Ekta Committee correspondent
Since 8 August 2023, ASHA workers of Harya have been on strike demanding minimum wage. The ASHA Workers union is leading this struggle.
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Government spokesmen claim that India is the fastest growing major economy of the world. However, most people know that their standard of living is not improving. The incomes of many working people have not even kept up with the rising prices of essential consumption articles. It is necessary to probe beneath the figures of GDP growth to figure out what is really happening.
Continue readingRecently published data show that food prices in December 2019 were 14 per cent higher than in December 2018. And within food items, vegetable prices were higher by as much as 60 per cent. To understand the impact of soaring food prices, let us examine a factory worker. Vijay is
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