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  • China: Police Crack Down on Truck Drivers’ Strike, Sparks Violent Clashes

    China: Police Crack Down on Truck Drivers’ Strike, Sparks Violent Clashes

    In Ningbo City, Zhejiang, terminal drivers at the Beilun container terminal called a strike on August 18, within three days nearly 10,000 workers joined the strike. The strike is due to 8 years with no raise in pay. On the third day of a truck drivers’ strike in China, police cracked down on striking workers. The number of strikers nearly ten thousand people

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  • 12,000 in Brazil Demand Housing For Homeless Workers

    12,000 in Brazil Demand Housing For Homeless Workers

    12,000 took it to the streets of Sao Paulo in Brazil in solidarity with the Homeless Workers’ Movement, to defend housing as a human right. Hundreds of thousands of poor workers have been deprived by their homes in the past years, a process accelerated prior to the World Cup; people were evicted at gun point so that FIFA

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  • Wide spread National protest demonstration by the workers of India against the Modi Government move to amend the existing Labour laws.

    Wide spread National protest demonstration by the workers of India against the Modi Government move to amend the existing Labour laws.

    Bigul Mazdoor Dasta,other labour organizations and labour unions from across the country marched from Jantar mantar to Parliament street as a part of the protest demonstration against the Modi government’s move to amend the labour laws on 20.08.2014 and burnt an effigy of the Prime Minister.

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  • Israel prepares criminal invasion of Gaza

    July 9 — The Israeli apartheid state has called up as many as 40,000 reserve troops to prepare for an all-out invasion of the Gaza territory, where 1.5 million Palestinians live. Because of Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the territory has been described as “the largest open-air prison in the world.” Beginning July 7, Israeli planes […]

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  • Brilliant victory of the hot rolling steel workers on the third day of their hunger strike

    Brilliant victory of the hot rolling steel workers on the third day of their hunger strike: the owners give written promise to implement the agreement in toto
    Factory Workers form factory committees for ensuring the implementation of the agreement
    The struggle of the hot rolling steel workers completed one month today and it was also the third day of their relay hunger strike. It was today itself that the workers secured their third victory. As you know, after 22-day long strike of the hot rolling steel workers, the owners were forced to compromise on June 27 and June 28 when they gave in writing to abide by all the labour laws. But they backtracked from the agreement the next day. Consequently the workers’ movement continued. The workers used to go to the factory gates daily till 4 July. When the owners did not open the factories for implementing the agreement, the workers even went on to occupy the factory gates. Meanwhile the police arrested the members of ‘Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti’ and ‘Bigul Mazdoor Dasta’ twice and the owners even launched an attack through the hired goons, but despite all this the workers got their comrades released and gave fitting reply to the goons as well. The workers commenced their relay hunger strike from 5 July at Raja Park in Wazirpur. The mobilisation of workers was swelling with each passing day and the owners were incapable to run the factories. Today the owners had to respond to the ‘show cause notice’ issued by the labour department. A delegation of ‘Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti’ led by Shivani, Sunny and Raghuraj had also reached the labour department. During the talks, the advocates from the owners side gave in writing that from now on the workers will not be forced to work for 12 hours a day and all the owners will respect the agreement. After this the delegation of the ‘Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti’ returned and broke the hunger strike of the comrades sitting on hunger strike and announced the victory.
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  • South Africa: Two hundred thousand metal workers on strike – bosses respond with lockouts

    South Africa: Two hundred thousand metal workers on strike – bosses respond with lockouts

    numsa-strike-thOn Tuesday, 1 July, hundreds of thousands of metalworkers went out on strike in the engineering and metals sectors, bringing the industry to a complete standstill. The strike involves small, medium and large companies, with more than 220,000 workers at about 10,500 workplaces. Some of the big companies that are affected includes Bell Equipment, Dorbyl, Murray and Roberts, Scaw Metals and Reunert.

  • NXP workers continue to fight against union busting

    24 unionists sacked by the Filipino subsidiary of the Dutch NXP Semiconductors have entered the 2nd month of their campaign for reinstatement, after they were fired for refusing to work on public holidays. Amid continued protests and organising in the Philippines, a second Global Day of Action has been planned for the 2nd of July in conjunction with unions around the world. Against global companies like NXP, only by organising globally will we be able to resist effectively the onslaught of these companies. The company is located in a Special Economic Zones where union activities are often curtailed.

  • Korean health workers protest against privatisation

    The Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union (KHMU) are holding a series of strikes and rallies from 24 to 30 June, to protest against the Korean government’s announcement to allow for deregulation and privatisation of the health services in the country. The president of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union also staged a 10 day hunger strike, ending of the 20 June to galvanise opposition against the privatization of health care. There are also fierce struggles going on against the privatization of Korea’s railway system, including a 22-day strike in December 2013 and January 2014.

  • Historic Victory of Steel Workers of Wazirpur!

    Historic Victory of Steel Workers of Wazirpur!

    Victory parade

    As is known, the steel workers of Wazirpur have been on strike since June 6, under the leadership of 'Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti'. Today, in the negotiation in Deputy Labour Commissioner's Office, the owners of all plants gave in to the demands of workers and accepted to implement the 8-hour workday, double rate overtime, minimum wages, ESI, PF for the workers of Wazirpur. It is a huge victory for the workers as it was not an informal negotiation for some wage increment; almost all the basic labour laws have been enforced in this negotiation.

    Sunny, member, Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti, told that it is a huge step, but it is only a beginning. Now the new task is to enforce the implementation of today's agreement and not to allow any owner to flout these labour laws anymore. Raghuraj, member, Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti, said that the Deputy Labour Commissioner has assured that officials from the labour department will go on surprise inspections throughout the month to ensure the implementation of 8-hour workday and also will be present on the day of payment of wages to ensure that minimum wages are being given. Shivani, legal consultant of the Samiti and an activist of 'Bigul Mazdoor Dasta' said that in the context of hopelessness and reversal in the workers' movement, this victory holds immense importance. The labour laws had become a laughing stock among the owners and management. However, the steel workers of Wazirpur have shown that if we prevent agent unions of electoral parties, NGOs and funding agencies from entering in the workers' movement, the workers' themselves can lead their movement to victory, provided it is guided by correct political ideas. And 'Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti' has achieved precisely this objective. Navin, secretary, Delhi Kamgar Union argued that it was the resilience of the steel workers under a correct political leadership, that ultimately led to this historic victory. He said that the community kitchen run by the striking workers with the support from workers from different parts of the country showed that if workers' movement transcends the narrow boundaries of factory and occupation and a working class unity across the lines of occupation, region, etc is forged, the workers' struggles can definitely be won. The steel workers of Wazirpur have shown the way and now all workers of all areas and occupation need to follow this path.
    With Revolutionary Greetings,
    Raghuraj, Sunny Singh (Members, Leading Committee, Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti)
    Shivani (Legal Consultant, Garam Rolla Mazdoor Ekta Samiti)

    Some photos and videos of victory parade

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  • Turkey Bans Glass Workers Strike, Citing Public Health, National Security

    Around 6,000 workers at Turkey’s largest glass producer, Sisecam, went on strike June 20th at ten of the company’s factories after wage negotiations fell short of expectations. Breaking update in the Sisecam glass workers strike. In a Council of Ministers decree signed by PM Erdogan and published just hours ago on the Turkish Governments Official Remsi Gazete, the Sisecam

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