On the 5th of Sept 2020 protests were held by IFTU in several parts of the country asserting that Workers Lives Matter and focusing on demanding revocation of circular on premature retirement, Rs. 10,000 per month for six months for every person who is not employed with minimum wage or […]
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Withdraw Circular on Premature Retirement : IFTU
The National Committee of the IFTU condemns the circular issued by Govt. of India on 28th August 2020. It is a concerted move to firstly, selectively prematurely retire or at least frighten into compliance those Class A and B who have completed 50 years of age if they were appointed […]
IFTU: Organize Protests on 5th September
Workers Lives Should Matter Labour Codes Cannot be in the Service of Employers Public Assets Cannot be Handed Over to Private Players Workers lives do matter. Workers who toil at the construction sites in the cities and towns and at the myriads of the industrial estates and projects in the […]
IFTU Organized in KADAPA district, AP
The founding meeting of IFTU was successfully held on 25-8-2020 in Kadapa city, hq. of YSR Kadapa District, AP. It was presided over by W. Ramu. Many cadres and activists who worked in other TUs since long back, had decided to join IFTU. In this light, this meeting was organized in the […]
IFTU Calls for Probe into Death of Workers in Srisailam Hydel Power Plant
PROBE THE ACCIDENT IN THE SRISAILAM HYDEL POWER STATION IMPROVE MAINTAINANCE OF POWER PLANTS The National Committee of IFTU condoles the death of seven employees of Telangana State Genco and two employees of a battery company who died in the accident in the Srisailam Hydel-power station and expresses its sympathies […]
Tirupati (AP) : Dharna by Anganwadi Workers
As a part of scheme workers’ protest organized by IFTU, anganwadi workers, helpers and mini workers staged a Dharna before the ICDS office inn Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh. Dharna was held to demand enlisting these workers as govt. employees and entitle them to avail Class IV employees’ emoluments and […]
Kolkata : Mass Organizations Protest Abrogation of Article 370 in Kashmir
On 7th August, 2020 activists under the banner of several mass organizations held a protest against one full year of the siege in Kashmir, following the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. A protest meeting was convened at Jadavpur 8B bus stand in Kolkata by mass organizations including IFTU, PYL, […]
TUs’ Joint Call : Organize Protests on 9th August
Modi Government –Did You Not Say You Would Get Rid Of the Virus in 21 Days You are now using the Virus to Get Rid of Us When the Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country on 24 March 2020 announcing the lockdown in order to contain the pandemic he […]
Seventh Death Anniversary of Com. Paltu Sen
Seven years ago on this day i.e. on July 30, 2013 communist revolutionary movement and revolutionary trade union movement had lost a valuable and leading fighter. Com. Paltu Sen, President of the National Committee of IFTU and a member of the Central Committee of CPI(ML)-New Democracy had breathed his last. […]
IFTU Call for Protest against Privatization of Rail Routes
OPPOSE PRIVATISATION OF RAIL ROUTES ORGANISE PROTESTS ON 24 JULY For the BJP-led government at the centre the pandemic seems to have come in handy to foist a series of anti-people policies, the latest being the privatization of rail routes. The government seems to believe that the crisis should not […]
