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Release of PUDR report ‘Driving Force: Labour Struggles and Violation of Rights in Maruti Suzuki India Limited’ What makes the Maruti story extraordinary is certainly not the company and its cars but the extraordinary struggle of its workers that has continued inspite of ruthless repression by the management and the police and failure of the […]

We, the undersigned, are extremely appalled and outraged by the arbitrary arrest of Comrade Abhay Sahoo at Bhubaneshwar airport by Odisha Police. This despicable and patently illegal act was made to appease POSCO’s blood sucking appetite, which drains the life blood from Odisha, that is, its land, water, minerals, forests and culture. Millions of people […]

SOURCE : NEW INDIAN EXPRESS By Harpreet Bajwa | ENS – CHANDIGARH 24th May 2013 09:41 AM Police connived with the Maruti Suzuki management in flouting the basic rights of workers at its plant in Manesar, Haryana, said a report released on Thursday by the People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), which demanded an independent […]

Sanhati has issued the following statement in response to the repression unleashed by the Haryana Government. In the past several days, Haryana Government unleashed repression on the democratic protest of Maruti Suzuki workers. Sanhati condemns this repression and extends unqualified support and solidarity to the workers and the Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Union (MSWU). Many of […]

WHERE : In front of Shramshakti Bhawan, near Constitution Club lawn. WHEN : 4.00 P.M. on 24.05.2013 Activists of worker’s movement, revolutionary & progressive organizations, trade union movement and civil rights organization have jointly given a call for Gherao of Central Labor ministry office situated at Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg New Delhi in solidarity […]

WHERE : Odisha Bhawan, 1 Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi WHEN : 11 am, 24th May (Friday), 2013 In the continuum of brutal attacks on the struggle against forcible land acquisition for a POSCO steel plant in Odisha, the most recent case of repression has been the unlawful arrest of POSCO Pratirodh Samgram Samiti (PPSS) […]

by Sunil Many stories lie buried inside the kiln. When industries come to a place, they bring roads and markets along for transportation of goods. There exists one industry, where in the name of roads, there is an alley and a market which is 3-4 kilometers away. These are the markets where the workers go […]

Adivasis issue notice to Chief Minister demanding reasons for supporting terror and intimidation by pubic representatives and corrupt district administration, and quashing of false cases against Madhuri and others. On the 21st of May 2013, thousands of adivasi women and men from different villages of Barwani district gathered at the district headquarters and took out […]

Harayana government, in collusion with Maruti management, has clamped down on workers protest in Kaithal. 150 workers have been arrested and Kaithal town is under section 144. Join Joint protest against state repression on Maruti Suzuki workers and activists in front of Haryana CM Hooda’s residence. Assemble today (May 20) @ 9:30 am near Patel […]

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said some of the demands raised by the various central trade unions, for which they organised a nationwide general strike for two days in February, were in advanced stage of consideration of the government. Those demands include universal social security cover for workers in both organised and unorganised sectors […]