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[Note from Maruti Suzuki Workers Union : We are currently on an indefinite dharna in Kaithal, Haryana since 24 March 2013, which included an 8-day Hunger Strike, and will continue until our demands are met. Please join us, in large numbers on 8th May 2013 in Kaithal (in front of the D.C. Office) for a […]

JOINT MORCHA OF TRIBAL ORGANISATIONS AND SAMAJ KI PRABHUSATTA ANDOLAN CALL MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION IN DELHI AGAINST ILLEGAL GRAB OF NATURAL RESOURCES BY GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE COMPANIES On April 30th, Delhi will witness one of the largest rallies of adivasis and other resource dependent communities in recent times, in which it is expected that more than 30,000 […]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0427/386863-two-held-over-deadly-bangladesh-building-collapse/#article Four held as Bangladesh death toll rises to 352 Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh today, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people. More were still being pulled alive from the rubble at the building, where […]

http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/labour-unrest-in-noida-one-shot-at-by-security-guard-113042700183_1.html Labour unrest in Noida: One shot at by security guard Lucknow, April 27 (IANS) A security guard at a builder’s office in Noida, abutting the national capital, Saturday opened fire at agitating labourers, who erupted in anger and pelted stones and set two vehicles on fire, police said. One labourer was injured in the […]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/26/bangladesh-building-collapse-clashes-rescue Bangladesh building collapse: clashes erupt amid anger over rescue operation Syed Zain Al-Mahmood in Dhaka and Jason Burke Rescue work at the site of the clothes factory in Bangladesh that collapsed this week was suspended for two hours on Friday morning after relatives of hundreds of workers who are still missing clashed with police. […]

Solidarity Committee of the Rangareddy Brick kiln Workers’ Union hereby heartily invites you to the first State Level Convention of Unorganized Workers’ Movements with the focus being on the issues related to migrant brick-kiln workers. Date: 28th April 2013 Place: Hyderabad ( HASS Center, Sarojini Devi Road, near Garden hotel, Opp: Oriental Bank, Secundrabad) Time ; 10.00 AM to 6.00 […]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/24/bangladesh-building-collapse-shops-west Dhaka: many dead as garment factory building that supplied west collapses Hundreds of workers feared to have died at plant in Bangladesh where staff were ‘told to return to work’ despite crack in wall Saad Hammadi in Dhaka, Jason Burke and Rebecca Smithers The Guardian, Wednesday 24 April 2013 23.23 BST Hundreds of garment […]

WSS NATIONAL CONVENTION and SOLIDARITY PROGRAMME April 27- 28 @ ISI, 24 Benson Road, Bangalore, Karnataka Women against sexual violence and state repression (WSS) invites all women interested in WSS to participate in our two day WSS Convention (April 27-28th 9.30 am-6.30 pm). As part of the solidarity program we are inviting grassroots groups and […]

by Partho Sarathi Ray The collapse of the chit fund company, Saradha group, is having major repercussions all over Bengal. Over the last two days, thousands of their depositors and agents have been staging protests in front of their offices all over the state, and many of the offices and real estate properties have been […]

NAPM Extends Solidarity to the Indefinite Dharna in Raigad District against forced land acquisition for DMIC Project New Delhi / Mumbai, April 17 : Supporting the indefinite dharna of the farmers and workers of Raigad district National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) has written to the Chief Minister, Maharashtra asking him to stop the forceful […]