Thousands of contract workers are employed by different contractors from various parts of the country, in the two bases of the Indian Navy under the Southern Naval Command, in Kochi and Kannur in Kerala. These contract workers are denied the statutory minimum wages. They have no job security and no social security measures. According to a notification issued by the Union government, they are eligible for wages of Rs 617 per day, which is supposed to be revised every six months. However, workers employed by several contract companies have complained that they are not being paid these wages.
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Railway employees arrested:
Cover up of the real cause of rail accidents
Blaming and arresting some employees for the terrible accident that took place recently is nothing but an attempt to cover up the real cause of the declining level of safety of rail travel in the country.
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Struggle of the workers of Proterial (Hitachi) India Limited
Report of the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
The contract workers of Gurgaon’s IMT Manesar-based Proterial (Hitachi) India Limited had started the strike inside the company premises on 30th June 2023 in support of their demands. This strike has turned into a hunger strike since 6th July 2023.
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BSNL contract workers on hunger strike in Kozhikode, Kerala
The casual and contract workers of BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) in Kozhikode and Wayanad districts of Kerala are on a relay hunger strike since April 18. They are protesting against the delay in wage disbursal and denial of social benefits by the outsourcing agencies.
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Big strike actions by German workers
Workers in Germany have been organising big strike actions in March and April this year, for better living and working conditions. Some of the strike actions are reported to be the biggest so far in several decades.
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Workers throughout Britain step up their struggles
Workers in all sectors in Britain are intensifying their struggles against their increasing exploitation. In the face of huge price rise and cutbacks in government expenditure, they are demanding a raise in wages and better working conditions.
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Millions of workers in France oppose the Pension Reforms imposed by the government
Mass protests of workers have been going on in France since January this year. More than a million workers participated in a one-day strike across France, on January 19, 2023. Since then, hundreds of demonstrations have taken place. The number of workers coming out in these protests is reported to be higher than ever seen in the past 40-50 years.
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International Women’s Day celebrated in Pune
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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