The following is a report (in Hindi) of the struggle carried on by workers in the hot-rolling plants in the Wazirpur Industrial Estate of Delhi. On 15th April, around 1000 workers marched on the office of the Deputy Labor Commissioner and demanded that: 1. Delhi Government mandated minimum wage be implemented 2. The 8-hour working […]
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Report on the Workers’ Struggle at Wazirpur Industrial Estate
The following is a report (in Hindi) of the struggle carried on by workers in the hot-rolling plants in the Wazirpur Industrial Estate of Delhi. On 15th April, around 1000 workers marched on the office of the Deputy Labor Commissioner and demanded that: 1. Delhi Government mandated minimum wage be implemented 2. The 8-hour working […]
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Apr 22 : Workers in the Wazirpur Industrial Estate steel for a better deal
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/workers-steel-for-a-better-deal/article4622743.ece Published: April 16, 2013 09:54 IST | Updated: April 16, 2013 09:54 IST Workers steel for a better deal Jiby Kattakayam For several years, nearly 1,000 workers at 24 hot-rolling steel plants in the Wazirpur Industrial Estate worked 12-hour shifts under inhuman conditions. They toiled day-in and day-out, without a single day off. But […]
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West Bengal – CRPP statement against illegal detention and brutal torture of activists
COMMITTEE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS 185/3, FOURTH FLOOR, ZAKIR NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110025 Dated: 19.04.2013 Condemn the Growing Tendencies of Re-arrests of Political Activists! Condemn the Brutal Torture and Illegal Detention of Zakir Hussain!! Release Zakir Hussain and Sabyasachi Goswami Immediately and Unconditionally! Punish the Officers Responsible for the Torture and Illegal Confinement of […]
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Pune – Dharna against commercialisation of education, Apr 20
DHARNA AGAINST COMMERCIALISATION OF EDUCATION IN PUNE – MUMBAI AND ALL OVER INDIA Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013 Time: 5 pm to 7 pm Venue: Pune Municipal Corporation Back Gate, Near Nigdi Bus Stop, Pune This is a part of an all-India protest being organised at the initiative of All India Forum for Right to […]
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West Bengal – APDR pamphlet on recent incidents concerning democratic rights
APDR Hooghly district committee demands that those behind the killing of Kaji Nasiruddhin and Sudipta Gupta be punished. Both have died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. Nasiruddin, a Trinamul Congress worker under Dhonekhali police station, had fallen out of favour of the ruling group. He was taken to the police station while being relentlessly […]
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Mumbai – Report on the hunger strike against the Golibar demolitions
Medha Patkar and Madhuri Shivkar call off their indefnite fast after meaningful resolution of the issues No demolitions of the 6 projects untill the enquiry is complete GaneshKrupa Society land belongs to the residents : decision of the joint meeting Mandala to be the pilot project of Rajiv Awas Yojana of Mumbai Process of slum […]
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PUDR Statement on the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s plea
PUDR strongly denounces the Supreme Court’s dismissal this morning of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar’s plea for commutation of the death sentence awarded to him to life. The issues at stake in this dismissal are multiple, that of clemency, death penalty, miscarriage of justice and precedence. Bhullar was sentenced to death in 2003 for carrying out […]