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উত্তরাখন্ডে ডলফিন কোম্পানির সাত শ্রমিক আমরণ অনশনে : উদাসীন বিজেপির ডবল ইঞ্জিন সরকার, কোম্পানি কর্তৃপক্ষ, সংবাদমাধ্যম

সরকার, শ্রম বিভাগ, কোম্পানি মালিকের শ্রমিক স্বার্থ বিরোধী কার্যকলাপের বিরুদ্ধে চার জন মহিলা ও তিন জন পুরুষ শ্রমিক গত ২৫ দিন ধরে আমরণ অনশন করছেন। অনশনরত মহিলা শ্রমিকদের অবস্থা অত্যন্ত আশঙ্কাজনক। উদাসীন বিজেপির ডবল ইঞ্জিন সরকার, কোম্পানি কর্তৃপক্ষ ও সংবাদমাধ্যমের উপেক্ষা সত্তেও শ্রমিকরা হকের লড়াই চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন। গ্রাউন্ডজিরোর প্রতিবেদন।   Groundxero | Nov. 12, 2024   উত্তরাখন্ডের রুদ্রপুরের […]



‘Join a Union’: Boeing Workers Ratify Contract With Over 43% Wage Hike

Aircraft giant Boeing’s factory workers have called off their seven weeks-long strike on November 5. Nearly 59 per cent of the employees voted in favour of accepting the new contract that includes a 43.65% wage increase over four years—a significant improvement over the 25% increase that the aerospace giant offered in September. “Strikes work,” labor journalist Kim […]


Workplaces in India are death-trap: At least 15 workers died at workplace in Gujarat alone in October

Countless lives of workers are lost or irreversibly altered due to inadequate occupational safety measures and hazardous working conditions in factories, construction sites, fire-cracker manufacturing units, mines or while cleaning sewage. In three fatal accidents at workplaces in Gujarat, at least 15 workers have reportedly died and many injured so far in the month of October […]


‘Chalo IMT Manesar’: Terminated Maruti Workers’ Protest Program

A day-long program ‘Chalo IMT Manesar’ was organised in support of over one-month long retrenched Maruti workers’ struggle demanding their reinstatement by the company. These workers were terminated twelve years back following a violent incident inside the Manesar plant. The dismissed workers were later acquitted by the court.    Groundxero | October 18, 2024   Maruti Suzuki […]


The Ongoing Workers’ Struggles Across Sectors in India : Solidarity Meeting

Labour activists, journalists, writers and lawyers, under a group named ‘Delhi for Workers’, organised a solidarity meeting for the ongoing workers’ struggles across sectors in India at the Press Club of India, New Delhi, to highlight these significant struggles, and inviting members of the press and concerned citizens to know and write more about these […]


কর্পোরেট কর্ম সংস্কৃতি অথবা আত্মহত্যার সাদামাটা গল্প

সেবাস্টিয়ানদের মৃত্যু আজ আবার কর্পোরেট কর্মীদের সামনে তাদের অস্তিত্বের স্বার্থে কিছু গুরুতর প্রশ্ন সামনে এনেছে। সময়ের দাবি এগুলো নিয়ে ভাবনা চিন্তা করা, শ্রেণি চেতনায় সংগঠিত হয়ে বাকি শ্রমজীবী মানুষের সঙ্গে লড়াইয়ের ময়দানে হাজির হওয়া। লিখলেন সুমন কল্যাণ মৌলিক।   এই ভয়ংকর ছুটে চলা জীবনে তরুন সাক্সেনা নামটি সম্ভবত অতীতের খাতায় চলে গেছে। কয়েকদিন আগে উত্তরপ্রদেশের […]


‘Corporate Greed vs. Workers Rights’: Dockworkers in U.S. Go on Strike

It’s the first strike at the three dozen East and Gulf Coast ports in U.S. from Maine to Texas since 1977 with thousands of port workers forming picket lines from Massachusetts to Texas demanding higher pay rise and protection against automation of jobs, among other benefits.   Groundxero | October 3, 2024   Dockworkers at East and […]


Retrenched Maruti workers’ Struggle Continues in Manesar, Hunger Strike Announced

A ‘Mazdoor Sabha’ was organised in Manesar on 30 September by the Maruti workers, who were terminated from jobs in 2012. The retrenched workers declared to intensify their protests in the coming days and to start a hunger strike from 10 October 2024 if they are not reinstated by the company.   Groundxero | October 1, 2024 […]


Calcutta High Court Emphasises Resumption of MGNREGA Work Amid Ongoing Inquiry

There is no doubt that corruption is fairly widespread in MGNREGA in West Bengal and also in many other states. Genuine rural workers in WB cannot be penalised for the corruption of few officials. The Chief Justice-led division bench of the Calcutta High Court today observed that MGNREGA must continue to operate even while past irregularities are […]



Retrenched Maruti Workers on Indefinite Dharna at Manesar

The workers at Manesar plant of automobile company Maruti, who were terminated in 2012 following violence during the workers’ struggle, have started an indefinite dharna at Manesar Tehsil Office demanding to get back their jobs.       Groundxero | September 20, 2024   On 18th September 2024, after 12 long years, more than 100 retrenched workers […]


Factories Becoming Deathtraps, Four Workers Killed in Chhattisgarh

Fatal accidents at workplaces are reported every other day. On 8th September, four workers were killed and two others injured  at a factory in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district. The new labour laws will make it even easier for factory owners, employers and management to get away with overlooking and ignoring workers’ safety and social security. While […]


Labor Militancy Is the Only Way to Increase Union Membership

In the U.S., it is politics—manifested in the form of a vicious class struggle orchestrated from the economic elite and its supporters—that keeps workers from joining or creating a union.   By C.J. Polychroniou   With Labor Day 2024 upon us, it is important to critically reflect on the current state of the U.S. labor movement […]


Pharma Company Explosion in AP: 18 Workers Killed

18 workers were killed and more than 30 others injured after a massive fire broke out following an explosion at a pharma unit in a SEZ at Andhra Pradesh. “We do not want empty promises from authorities, but concrete actions. This has become routine in recent years, with promises of improved safety at industries but […]