On May 15 workers of Indian Acrylics Limited marched from Bhawanigarh to Sangrur in Punjab demanding wages for the lockdown period. They raised slogans like “Kamaron mein na band karo; Roti ka prabandh karo”. The demonstration in which hundreds of workers participated was organized by IFTU and ZPSC. India Acrylics […]
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When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less …..
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less ….. Who Can Stop People From Walking? Is it a few hours, days or maybe a week into the harshest lockdown in the world? No, it is 50 days. The tide of workers which started walking home from day one, fully sure that […]
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less …..
When People Know Govts Couldn’t Care Less ….. Who Can Stop People From Walking? Is it a few hours, days or maybe a week into the harshest lockdown in the world? No, it is 50 days. The tide of workers which started walking home from day one, fully sure that […]
IFTU demonstration in Nawanshahr Punjab
Protests are beginning in different parts of the countries on the issues of the people. Since the clamping of lockdown, inter-state migrant workers have been out- on the streets and off them trying to flee hunger and privation; terror from invisible Corona and visible Police. Now the people other than […]
IFTU Interventions For Trapped Migrant Workers
While IFTU National Committee was amongst the first organizations to condemn the inhuman attacks by the Central Govt on migrant workers by forcing them to be grounded without food and shelter and by setting the police on them, we also tried to play a role in reaching out to migrant […]
STOP the WAR on WORKERS
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has once more shed crocodile tears at the loss of lives of 16 workers in the Aurangabad rail tragedy. What Mr.Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) do not understand is the cause for this incident – what is it that is pushing this country’s […]
14 Migrant workers crushed by train on 8th May
Migrant Workers Die Defying Enslavement Under Cover Of Fighting Epidemic! They died out of exhaustion, walking back to their homes, away from sure hunger, knowing no wages will come their way and no ‘secure’ stay- away from the virus was possible in a 10 foot sqare room. They walked, knowing […]
IFTU Statement on Vishakhapatnam Industrial Gas Accident
–LG POLYMERS FACTORY CEEATING DISASTER, SHOULD BE WOUND-UP IMMEDIATELY. –COMPENSATION IN FINANCE TERMS IS NOT A SOLUTION TO LOSE OF HUMAN LIFE, BECAUSE IT IS A SOCIAL ISSUE. –DEMANDING TO CONSTITUTE A JUDICIAL ENQUIRY COMMITTEE TO FIND OUT REASONS FOR PRESANT DISASTROUS. THE EXPERTS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE CONSTITUTED IMMEDIATELY TO […]
IFTU NC condemns the circular regarding changing of labour laws issued in May 2020 by the Government of Madhya Pradesh
The Government of Madhya Pradesh has brought out a circular saying that in the interest of promoting employment for workers and also business for owners it is taking an “important” step for labour “reforms”. Under cover of fighting the epidemic it has affected changes for a period of 1000 days; […]
IFTU NC Statement on 12 Hour Work Day
Rework Shifts to Ensure Jobs To All Available Workers! No Wage Cuts, No Job Loss! As all industries and establishments in non containment zones open tomorrow, many State govts are issuing notices for a 12 hour work schedule for the next three months for their establishments. Punjab and Rajasthan have […]