A program to celebrate International Women’s Day was organised by the Maharashtra State Electricity Workers’ Federation (MSEWF) in Pune on 8th March. Com Bharti Bhoyar, President of the Women’s Front of MSEWF, chaired the meeting. Com Bhoyar emphasised the need for women to fight shoulder to shoulder with their male co-workers, in order to win and defend their rights, as workers and as women.
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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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More than one million workers strike in France
More than a million workers, cutting across trade union affiliations, unitedly participated in a one-day strike all across France, on January 19, 2023. They were protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the legal age of retirement to 64 from 62, thereby denying them their due pension for another two years.
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Struggles of working class and people across the world – 2022
All the capitalist countries are engulfed in an economic crisis which is ever deepening. The imperialist bourgeoisie has been shifting the burden of the crisis onto the backs of the working class and people.
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Workers and Peasants struggles In India – 2022
Growing unity of workers and peasants against attacks on their rights
Workers across several sectors took to the streets right through the year in 2022 to oppose the anti-social and anti-worker program of privatisation. Trade unions representing workers of different public sector enterprises are coming together on a common platform and extending support to each other in the struggle against privatisation.
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Agricultural workers in Punjab agitate for their demands
Agricultural workers of the Zameen Prapati Sangharsh Committee (ZPSC), Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, Pendu Mazdoor Union, Punjab Khet Mazdoor Sabha, Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, Kul Hind Khet Mazdoor Union and the Dihati Mazdoor Sabha organised a massive rally at the residence of the Punjab Chief Minister in Sangrur, on November 30.
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Mass Demonstrations in Europe
Workers have been protesting in large numbers throughout Europe, against the economic crisis and the escalating attacks on their livelihood. They are opposing the huge increase in energy prices which is making life a living hell for the working people.
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Public Health Engineering (Jal Shakti) Workers of Jammu demand regularisation of contract workers
Workers of the Public Health Engineering Department (Jal Shakti) of Jammu region have been carrying on a prolonged strike since June 22. Their strike has badly affected water supply in many places in the Jammu region.
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Sanitation workers of Karnataka win struggle for regularisation of jobs
Thousands of sanitation workers of Karnataka went on a militant indefinite strike on July 1, demanding regularisation of their jobs. The sanitation workers, called pourakarmikas, are mainly women workers. Their strike effected sanitation work not only in the 198 wards of Bengaluru, but in all the districts of Karnataka.
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Government employees in Chhattisgarh to strike work from 25th July
Under the banner of the Chhattisgarh Officers-Employees Federation, all government employees will go on strike from July 25 to 29 in support of their demands. 28 organisations of government employees are jointly spearheading the strike.
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