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Coal workers oppose privatisation

Colliery Mazdoor Sabha of India (CMSI) recently held an anti-privatisation convention in Asansol in West Bengal. The focus of the convention was to highlight how the Central government was trying to privatise different operations of this industry. The Central government has already sold 37% shares of the public sector Coal India Limited.

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BEML privatisation is anti-worker and anti-national

BEML is a PSU of strategic importance in the defence sector.  It  manufactures missile launchers, tank aggregates, armoured recovery vehicles (ARV) and armoured repair and recovery vehicles (ARRV), bridging systems, transportation trailers, etc. It is precisely for this reason that BEML had been placed under the Ministry of Defence. With its highly capable workers, BEML can play a much bigger role in indigenising defence manufacture, thus reducing the dependence on foreign countries.

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Bank workers strike against privatisation!

Nearly 9,00,000 bank workers participated in the strike, resulting in the closure of banking operations of all the public sector banks. Through the strike, bank workers expressed their determination to defeat the anti-national and anti-social plan of the bourgeoisie to transfer ownership of public sector banks into private hands, to enable monopoly capitalists to rake in maximum profits.

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Delhi state workers’ convention calls for strike on November 25, 2021:
Unite in struggle against the growing attacks on our livelihood and rights!

We are publishing here a report received from Mazdoor Ekta Committee, of the convention held by the Trade Unions Coordination Committee.
The Joint Platform of Trade Unions of Delhi held an important convention on September 30 in New Delhi. The convention assessed the grave situation facing the workers of Delhi, particularly those in the informal and unorganized sector. It gave the call for united struggle against the growing attacks on our livelihood and rights.

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Rising prices of petrol and diesel

Outright robbery of workers and peasants in the name of serving the people

Petrol and diesel account for a huge share of revenue collected by the Central government from excise duty. According to revised budget estimates, excise duty on petroleum products amounted to Rs. 3.6 lakh crore in 2020-21.

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