The 50th anniversary of the historic railway workers strike in 1974 should remind the working class of the need to resurrect the spirit of that struggle as the right-wing political establishment under the neo-liberal economic world order pushes for implementation of anti-labour reforms in India. By Harsh Thakor May 8, 2024 One of […]
Even though the national capital would come to a standstill if the work of sewer workers and informal waste pickers is not done regularly, there is no provision to properly integrate them into the government setup. New Delhi, 27th April 2024: Sanitation workers in Delhi have been facing unemployment because of the inability of the […]
A survey report on the conditions of tea garden workers of North Bengal released a week before the Lok Sabha elections provides a reflection not just on the deplorable conditions of tea garden workers but also a sad commentary on the failure of the two major contenders in this election, one of whom controls the […]
The suggestions and demands given in this ‘Workers’ Rights Manifesto’ have emerged from the discussions held over the past few months with many organisations and worker groups in their work areas. Groundxero | April 8, 2024 The preamble of our constitution mentions the values of justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, dignity, secularism and socialism. These […]
With economic growth and industrial progress, India has also witnessed an unfortunate consequence: a disturbing rise in fatal accidents at workplaces. Tens of thousands of workers die at a horrifying rate in accidents at workplaces across the country. Groundxero | March 24, 2024 In the last 7 days, between March 18 and March 24, […]
বুকটান করে লড়ছেন শ্যামনগর জুটমিলের শ্রমিকরা। মহল্লায় তাঁদের স্বপক্ষে অন্য মজদুররা জড়ো হচ্ছেন। তাঁদের মূল দাবি অবিলম্বে এই চায়না মেশিনের মাধ্যমে কম শ্রমিক দিয়ে বেশি কাজ করিয়ে নেওয়া চলবে না। ১৫ জন গেটবাহার করে দেওয়া শ্রমিকদের কাজে নিতে হবে। Groundxero | প্রতিবেদন ২১ মার্চ, ২০২৪ এক জন শ্রমিক চালাতেন দু’টি মেশিন, এবার চালাতে হবে ছ’টি। […]
The wealth concentrated in the richest 1% of India’s population is at its highest in six decades since 1961, and their percentage share of income exceeds that of countries including Brazil and the United States, a research group the World Inequality Lab said in a report based on a study. Groundxero | March 20, 2024 […]
The court ordered all migrant /unorganised workers registered on the eShram portal must be given the ration cards within 2 months Groundxero | March 20, 2024 In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of India today, while hearing a petition (MA 94/2022) in the case ‘Re Problems and Miseries of Migrant Labourers’, directed […]
A report by Harsh Thakor March 12, 2024 At a time when the land-owning farmers in Punjab are intensifying their struggle to get a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price for all their crops, along with other demands, the agricultural workers of the state under the banner of the Zameen Prapt Sangharsh Committee (ZPSC) […]
Groundxero| March 10, 2024 “The Government through its so called scheme for distributing homestead pattas among landless tea garden labourers In North Bengal is not giving us land – it is a scheme to take away our land.” This was the general agreement on 10th March 2024 in a Birpara-Madarihat block level meeting of […]
রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত কয়লাশিল্পে এই মুহূর্তে সবচেয়ে বড় বিপদ রেভেনিউ শেয়ারিং অ্যান্ড মাইনস ডেভলপার অ্যান্ড অপারেটর (এমডিও) মডেল। সরকারি কাঠামো বজায় রেখে বেসরকারি সংস্থার দখলদারি কায়েমের ব্যবস্থা। কয়লা শিল্পের ধাত্রীভূমি হিসাবে পরিচিত রানিগঞ্জ কয়লাঞ্চলে এমডিও মডেল চালু করতে উদ্যত হয়েছে কর্পোরেট বান্ধব মোদি সরকার। এমডিও মডেল আসলে ধারাবাহিক ভাবে কয়লা শিল্পকে বেসরকারি হাতে তুলে দেওয়ার শেষ ধাপ […]
“They have amassed untold wealth off the back of death, destruction, and spiraling energy prices,” a Global Witness investigator said of a new analysis. By Olivia Rosane Feb 19, 2024 As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its second anniversary, one group has clearly benefited: the five biggest U.S. and European oil and gas companies. […]
Dhani Oraon, a 58 years old permanent worker (PF No. WB/889/2514) from Madhu Tea Garden, died of starvation on 2nd February 2024, reflecting once more on the apathy of the state government and the garden management to the terrible state of tea garden workers. Groundxero | 7th February, 2024 Dhani Ora (58), a permanent […]
Groundxero | 3rd February, 2024 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that her government would clear the pending wages of 21 lakh NREGA workers of West Bengal from the state fund. She said that unpaid wages will be transferred to the bank accounts of the MGNREGA workers in the State by […]
100 Lawyers and Law Professionals from across India endorse demand to immediate disbursal of wages pending for two years to NREGA workers in West Bengal, with full compensation & resumption of work. Groundxero | 3rd February, 2024 The Union Government has stopped funding for NREGA in West Bengal since 9th March, 2022, based on […]