The dissatisfaction among the working class, both in the organized and the informal sectors in India, against the pro-corporate policies of the successive Governments has continued to spiral up. The 2-day strike is demonstrative of escalating anger amongst working people. This is not a fit of rage against a specific government, but a reaction against […]
Over the last decade or so, millions of garment workers in Bangladesh have repeatedly taken to the streets with demands ranging from higher minimum wages and safe working conditions to the right to organise and collective bargaining. The current phase of the workers’ struggle has been around the demand for a rise in minimum wages. […]
Lakhs of tea workers in Darjeeling Hills-Terai-Dooars in North Bengal are on strike for the second consecutive day. The workers organisations have rejected the ₹172 per day wage unilaterally proposed by the West Bengal government on 6 August, in a sector which makes the highest of profits. Rupam Deb recounts the history of minimum wage […]