CWFI Condoles the Death of Construction Workers in Thane

ON August 1, 2023, the Construction Workers Federation of India (CWFI) issued a statement expressing condolences to the bereaved families of 17 construction workers who were killed when a girder machine collapsed on them during the third phase of construction on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Thane district, in the early hours on August 1.

CITU Holds National Convention against Privatisation of Electricity and Railways

THE national convention against Privatisation of electricity and railways organised by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has decided to go for protracted campaign and struggles engaging common consumers/commuters/ people to put up an effective resistance to the privatisation spree of the ruling dispensation, which is a part of its neoliberal agenda.

Undermining Workers’ Rights: The Push for 12-Hours Working Day

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×DURING the challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, when people were grappling with the dual concerns of preserving their health and sustaining their livelihoods, the BJP-led Modi government at the centre, along with certain state governments, attempted to extend the working hours of employees from 8 hours to 12 hours per day.

Rescind Notification on Pension Contribution

THE Petroleum & Gas Workers Federation of India is taken aback to learn that through a notification dated May 3, 2023, the Government of India has assigned 1.16 per cent of its contribution towards EPS' 95 to the employers' account, without it being in addition to their contribution to the PF kitty. This decision will ultimately result in a loss for the employees.

Trade Unions Extend Support to Wrestlers’ Agitation

THE Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions, in a statement issued on May 8, has expressed its whole hearted support to the justified demand of young women wrestlers for stringent action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, BJP MP and the chairperson of the Wrestlers Federation of India, who, as per two FIRs registered against him, harassed them sexually.

Petroleum Contract Workers Marching towards First National Strike

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×FOR the first time in the history of India, contract workers in the petroleum sector are gearing up for a national strike. They gathered at a national convention on April 6, 2023 in New Delhi, where contract workers from across the country resolved to organise a series of protest movements and culminate in a one-day national strike later this year.

Construction Workers Federation Holds National Conference

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE 10th all India conference of the Construction Workers Federation of India (CWFI) that concluded on February 13, 2023 asserted its united resolve to intensify struggles against neoliberal policies aggressively pursued by the Modi led BJP government at the centre.

National Convention of Workers

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE National Convention of Workers organised by the joint platform of central trade unions and independent industrial/sector level national federations/ associations representing crores of working people across all sectors, has decide to go for protracted year-long campaign and struggles to take united struggles to a higher level.

Seventeenth Conference of CITU: Unite and Fight for Pro-People Policies

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×THE 17th Conference of CITU that concluded on January 22, 2023 called upon the working class to get ready to combat and defeat attacks of neoliberalism and communal divisive forces, both being aggressively promoted by the Modi led BJP government.

Workers Rally: 2023 will be a Year of Struggles

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable in this text fieldRephraseRephrase current sentenceEdit in Ginger×NATIONAL College Grounds in Bangalore was painted red on January 22 with the public rally concluding the 17th All India Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). Workers wearing CITU red caps and holding red flags thronged the venue from the afternoon.Tapan Sen, general secretary of CITU addressing the rally of over 20,000 workers, declared that the year 2023 would be a year of struggles.

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