Today (May 20) Workers of AP Jute Mills came out in strength to demand their wages for the lock down period. Mill after mill witnessed the strike action of the workers for their legitimate right. It was the day when jute workers broke through the lock down on protests in […]
Month: May 2020
Eluru : Jute Workers Demonstrate
In Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, more than one thousand workers of Eluru Jute Mill held a demonstration today i.e. on May 19, 2020. Workers are demanding wages for the lock down period. Workers have refused to join duty without payment of wages for the lock down period. Demonstration was held […]
IFTU CONDEMNS REPEAL OF THE ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF WAGES DURING LOCKDOWN
The NDA government,which through its unplanned and blanket lockdown devasted the lives of crores of migrant workers, has now come out with an order that would create an ocean of wageless workers in the period of lockdown.On 18‐05‐2020, it repealed its own earlier order dated March 29 that directed the […]
Fightback Modi Govt.’s All Out Attack on Life, Rights, Wages and Jobs Under Garb of Fighting Pandemic!
Build Broad based Struggle! Come Out And Join Week Long IFTU Campaign! Comrade Workers, Nearly two months post the severest lockdown in the world in response to the corona pandemic, where is India? People have been told by rulers to look after themselves, cases gallop upwards, no additional govt. health […]
LIFT THE LOCKDOWN
MOBILIZE THE PEOPLE TO BUILD A POWERFUL MOVEMENT TO FORCE CHANGE OF POLICY DIRECTION UNITE FOR STRUGGLE & STRUGGLE FOR UNITED ACTION Today lockdown imposed by the Central Govt. has completed 54 days. Central govt. is expected to extend this. The lockdown imposed to check the spread of Coronavirus has […]
Punjab : IAL workers demonstrate for wages
On May 15 workers of Indian Acrylics Limited marched from Bhawanigarh to Sangrur in Punjab demanding wages for the lockdown period. They raised slogans like “Kamaron mein na band karo; Roti ka prabandh karo”. The demonstration in which hundreds of workers participated was organized by IFTU and ZPSC. India Acrylics […]
Chhattisgarh Girl
– SK You were twelve years old You keep talking to yourself As you go on walking You smile and greet The trees and flowers of the forest None can hear your words The leaves of the trees sing the lullabies quietly Will the tree leaves listen to your silence? […]
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less …..
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less ….. Who Can Stop People From Walking? Is it a few hours, days or maybe a week into the harshest lockdown in the world? No, it is 50 days. The tide of workers which started walking home from day one, fully sure that […]
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less …..
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less ….. Who Can Stop People From Walking? Is it a few hours, days or maybe a week into the harshest lockdown in the world? No, it is 50 days. The tide of workers which started walking home from day one, fully sure that […]
Modi Announcement Does Not Address Concerns of Working People; No Effective Measures for Revival of Economy
What was meant to be relief package was repackaged relief- old stuff with most bags empty. Continuing the trend he established in his earlier addresses, PM Modi in his announcement on May 12 again ignored the basic concerns of the people in the wake of Corona pandemic. There was not […]
