IFTU National Committee strongly condemns raid by the Punjab police at the house of Com. Kulwinder Singh Waraich. Com. Kulwinder Waraich is a prominent leader of the working class in Punjab, member of the IFTU National Committee and president of Punjab State Committee of IFTU. Police raid at the house […]
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TUs’ Call for July 3 United Action
Join the 3 July United Trade Union Action Where are Our Jobs? Where are our Wages? Today, 3 months into the lockdown, more than 1 in every 4 workers has lost their job. More than 12.2 crore workers are unemployed. This is four times more unemployed workers than before the […]
IFTU : THREE-DAY STRIKE BY COAL MINE WORKERS
SUPPORT THE THREE-DAY STRIKE BY COAL MINE WORKERS OPPOSE HANDING OVER COAL MINING TO PRIVATE SECTOR The Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) extends support to the three day strike by the coal mine workers starting 2nd July in protest against the Centre’s decision to open 41 coal blocks for […]
IFTU on Gujarat Industrial Killings
RSS BJP Govts Throw Out Labour Laws & Industrial Safety; Negligence Deaths Escalate! In line with the series of industrial ‘accidents’ being reported as minimum safety precautions are willfully dumped in hasty re-openings after the anti worker lockdown, comes news from industrial area Bharuch in Gujarat. A boiler blast in […]
IFTU : UTTER NEGLIGENCE OF THE MANAGEMENT KILLED FOUR CONTRACT WORKERS IN SINGARENI
While the Telangana government was celebrating the state formation day, a blast in the Singareni Collieries snuffed out the lives of four contract workers and caused serious injuries to others. Accidents due to negligence and not following safety precautions in the underground mines of Singareni in the past have caused […]
Galloping Numbers of Sick and Dying; Govt. In Overdrive To Dump Blame on Migrants!
Lockdown Was Right, Walking Migrant Workers Keep Curve Up! Curve not Flattened, Migrants the Culprit. So have been suggesting the Central Govt, its various bureaucrat spokespersons, the Party leaders and allied functionaries. From the doctor Health Minister to the various medical advisors speaking for the Govt., all have been eulogizing […]
A Day of Strikes and Mass Protests of Jute Workers
Today (May 20) Workers of AP Jute Mills came out in strength to demand their wages for the lock down period. Mill after mill witnessed the strike action of the workers for their legitimate right. It was the day when jute workers broke through the lock down on protests in […]
Eluru : Jute Workers Demonstrate
In Eluru in Andhra Pradesh, more than one thousand workers of Eluru Jute Mill held a demonstration today i.e. on May 19, 2020. Workers are demanding wages for the lock down period. Workers have refused to join duty without payment of wages for the lock down period. Demonstration was held […]
IFTU CONDEMNS REPEAL OF THE ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF WAGES DURING LOCKDOWN
The NDA government,which through its unplanned and blanket lockdown devasted the lives of crores of migrant workers, has now come out with an order that would create an ocean of wageless workers in the period of lockdown.On 18‐05‐2020, it repealed its own earlier order dated March 29 that directed the […]
Fightback Modi Govt.’s All Out Attack on Life, Rights, Wages and Jobs Under Garb of Fighting Pandemic!
Build Broad based Struggle! Come Out And Join Week Long IFTU Campaign! Comrade Workers, Nearly two months post the severest lockdown in the world in response to the corona pandemic, where is India? People have been told by rulers to look after themselves, cases gallop upwards, no additional govt. health […]