Workers throughout the country responded to the Call for All India Industrial Strike in a splendid and brave fashion. At several faces they faced obstacles from the Admn. and threats from the owners and the management. Strike affected industrial activity in all the states. Workers took out big rallies and […]
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Call of Revolutionary Trade Unions on All India Strike on January 8, 2020
Strike First! Strike Hard! We Are All In This Together Let us strike in unity on 8 January 2020. The last six months have seen a marked intensification in the attack on the working class spearheaded by the passage of the Code on Wages and the tabling of the Code […]
RTC Workers’ Strike : A Brief Report
B. Pradeep The RTC workers strike in Telangana that began on 5th October ended with the Chief Minister, KCR, declaring that there would be no privatization, that there will be no victimization and that wages for the month of September and for the strike period will be paid. While the […]
IFTU condemns arrests for holding Press Conference on Ayodhya Verdict
The Forum Against Hindutva Fascist Offensive (FAHFO) had planned to organise a Press Meet on the recent Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue this morning at the SVK, Baghlingampally. But this was foiled by the Police by arresting those who were to address the press meet. The all India […]
March in Support of RTC Strike
The call “Chalo Tank Bund” given by the RTC JAC for November 9 went off successfully. As part of the strike of the RTC workers the JAC plus the mass organisations and political parties took up a programme like the Million March in the Telangana agitation. Huge police bandobust was […]
Changes in Labour Laws threaten the very existence of Motor Workers
by Polari (IFTU NCM) World over and in India, the working class won several welfare and job security enactments through its struggles. Since 1991, after introduction of new economic industrial policies, attack on rights and enactments of working class steadily increased. In 2014, after BJP coming into power, the use […]
Overwhelmingly successful all-India Coal workers strike
The one day strike on 24th September 2019 by around 5 lakh workers of the public sector coal industry (Coal India Ltd.-CIL and Singareni Colliery Company Ltd.- SCCL) was a resounding success with production and transport of coal totally paralyzed. Processions and rallies were taken out by workers in the […]
Gurdaspur (Punjab): IFTU Report on Accident in Firecracker Factory
23 people died and 27 were injured in a firecracker factory in Sadayati (Lauh Nagari) Batala in Gurdaspur district. Seven of them are grievously injured. In this incident, many families and factory workers were affected. Senior Vice President of IFTU (Punjab Committee) Com. Ramesh Rana, Com, Jogendra Pal Paniyad, Com.Sona […]
PDS-IFTU Report on Events at Ravidas Temple in Tughlaqabad in Delhi
In August 2019, the DDA (which falls under the purview of the Central Govt.) got demolished a longstanding Ravidas Temple in Tughlaqabad area of Delhi. The Central Govt. said this was done on the basis of an order of the Supreme Court. On the 21st of August 2019 a vast […]
Oppose Corporatization of Indian Railways : IFTU NC
The National Committee of the IFTU totally opposes the Central Govt.’s moves for privatization and corporatization of the Indian Railways, which is both on this Govt.’s self proclaimed 100 day agenda, was reflected in its first Budget and has been on the wish list of Corporate for a long time. […]