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#2018: Workers prepare for Difficult Battles ahead…

Narendra Modi had promised the country’s workforce one crore jobs a year through “Make in India”, etc. But the self-proclaimed ‘Mazdoor No.1’, after occupying the throne, promptly pushed on the gears of neo-liberal crony capitalist extraction that was initiated by his predecessor Manmohan Singh. 2018, being the final year before the next General Elections, had […]


Workers in Bhilai Protest Arrest of Sudha Bhardwaj

Workers in Bhilai condemn the arrest of worker-leader, human right activist and peoples lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, calling it an attack on the working class and toiling masses. A report by Kaladas Daheriya, a cultural activist from Chattisgarh.   On 28 October, workers belonging to Progressive Cement Workers Organisation, Engineering Mazdoor Union, Chemical Mazdoor Union, Chattisgarh […]


Strike Demanding Workers’ Dignity continues in Yamaha

Auto manufacturers in the Oragadam belt, near Chennai, including Yamaha and Royal Enfield, and a few auto ancillary units are witnessing a labour protest for past few days. While the workers are determined in forming unions to fight for their rights, the management are steadfast in their opposition to this. At the Yamaha Motor India’s […]


Workers Attempt to Hoist Red Flag at Neemrana, Rajasthan

The workers’ attempt to unfurl the red flag at the Japanese air conditioning factory Daikin, though symbolic, marks the rise of the workers assertion and unity in this industrial belt where the government and the companies are determined to curb such class unity of the workers. A GroundXero report from Neemrana, Alwar, Rajasthan.   It […]



Delhi HC Slashes Minimum Wages: Anti-Worker Class Character of Judiciary Exposed

In an order passed on last Saturday, the Delhi High Court quashed the AAP Government’s 2017 notification on raising of minimum wages for all categories of workers. The court’s verdict will practically roll back minimum wages of workers from Rs.13896, back to Rs.9724 (unskilled category) per month, adversely impacting lakhs of workers and daily lives […]