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  • New report exposes extent of migrant worker exploitation in Australia

    Migrant workers all over the world endure some of the worst working conditions of all workers. A recent documentary in Australia exposed the wide ranging abuse of migrant workers in the agricultural sector by unscrupulous bosses via the use of sub-contracting and sham contracts. Unions for many years have been exposing and fighting for the rights of these workers. Unfortunately, in the last twenty years, workers in Australia have been hit with a rise in insecure and precarious work arrangements as companies attempt to drive down conditions. 

  • Contractual employees stage protest in Srinagar, police use force

    Contractual employees stage protest in Srinagar, police use force

    Police using teargas to disperse protesting Kashmiri government contractual staff as they tried to march towards civil serectariat, in Srinagar on Thursday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad
    Police using teargas to disperse protesting Kashmiri government contractual staff as they tried to march towards civil serectariat, in Srinagar on Thursday. Photo: Nissar Ahmad

    SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday used water cannons and batons to disperse hundreds of Jammu and Kashmir government employees who tried to march towards the Civil Secretariat here to protest in support of their demand for regularisation of their services. (more…)

  • Victory for contract workers of Hedgewar Hospital Delhi

    Victory for contract workers of Hedgewar Hospital Delhi

    May 7 , 2015

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    Contract workers of Hedgewar Hospital, Delhi won a crucial struggle continuing from May 1. Around a four dozen contract workers were unlawfully terminated by the hospital administration as the work contract was renewed. All the terminated workers started their strike and a sit-in dharna inside the hospital premises. The strike was led by ‘ Delhi State Government Hospital Contract Workers Union‘ . (more…)

  • Frederick Engels’ Speech at the Grave of Karl Marx

    Frederick Engels’ Speech at the Grave of Karl Marx

    Highgate Cemetary , London , March 17, 1883

    Today , 5th May , is the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, one of the greatest philosophers, thinkers and scientists born in human history . On this occasion , workersresist.net comes up with selected writings on Marx’s life and philosophy by great revolutionaries and social scientists who followed after him. This piece of article is the speech given by Frederick Engels , the closest friend, comrade and associate of Marx.  (more…)

  • The Three Sources and Three Components of Marxism

    The Three Sources and Three Components of Marxism

    Today , 5th May , is the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, one of the greatest philosophers, thinkers and scientists born in human history . On this occasion , workersresist.net comes up with selected writings on Marx’s life and philosophy by great revolutionaries and social scientists who followed after him. This one , “The Three Sources and Three Components of Marxism” was written by Lenin in order to summarize briefly , the Marxist ideology and science.  This article was published in 1913 in Prosveshcheniye No. 3, dedicated to the Thirtieth Anniversary of Marx’s death. The journal was suppressed by the tsarist government in June 1914, on the eve of the First World War. A must read article for all of us.  (more…)

  • Boston school bus drivers vote in fired union leaders

    Team Solidarity activists win Local 8751 election by landslide.WW photo: Team SolidarityTeam Solidarity activists win Local 8751 election by landslide.WW photo: Team Solidarity Boston — In a stunning victory, the militant, fighting rank and file of the Boston school bus drivers’ union, United Steelworkers Local 8751, voted in the full slate of Team Solidarity candidates, led by four illegally fired leaders, on the union’s Executive Board. The April 30 election was the largest voter turnout in the history of the local and resulted in an unprecedented landslide vote by more than 3 to 1 for the Team Solidarity ticket. The membership sent a clear message to Veolia/Transdev, the union-busting school bus management company, as well as to Boston Public Schools and Mayor Marty Walsh, that they will fight and win a just contract and the rehiring of their leaders. They will also unite with the communities they serve to struggle for Equal Quality Education. The new executive board-elect of the 850-strong union, whose members are largely Haitian, Cape Verdean and African-American, includes President Andre Francois, long-time chief steward; Vice President Stevan Kirschbaum, a founder of the local; Treasurer Georgia Scott, veteran of the 1965 Civil Rights battle on Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala.; Financial Secretary Steven Gillis, the outgoing vice president and benefits administrator; Recording Secretary Claude “Tou Tou” St. […]

    Also:

    1. Support for fired school bus drivers
    2. Boston School Bus drivers’ union, supporters call for Solidarity Day III
    3. Labor appeal for Boston school bus drivers’ union

  • Letter To Indian Media by Nepali People #GoHomeIndianMedia

    Letter To Indian Media To Indian media, I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart for the help your country has provided at this time of crisis in my country, Nepal. All the Nepalese in and outside of the country are thankful to your country. However, me being a Nepali outside from …

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  • Women workers for relaxation in working hours

    BAHAWALPUR, May 2: Women sanitary workers of the Bahawalpur Waste Management Company chose the Labour Day on May 1 to raise their problems.

    About 30 workers held a meeting at Christain Colony and spoke about their problems such as health, education, medical leave during duty hours and forced termination from service.

    Rehana Asif and Richard Saleem addressed the gathering. They demanded that women workers be given relaxation in duty hours and be posted near to their homes.

    They demanded the reinstatement of workers, concession for non-Muslims during their religious festivals and registration of workers with the Social Security Department and Employees Old Age Benefits Institution.

    The PPP also marked the Labour Day which was organised by PPP City President Safdar Shehbaz.

    Speakers paid rich tributes to the late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for introducing reforms for the workers and celebrating the May Day in the country. Workers demanded cheap essentials for the labour class.

    The PWD Workers Union also took out a procession from its zonal office to Farid Gate. Union zonal chairman Asghar Chishti and secretary Afzal Mehmood demanded that the Punjab government eliminate anti-workers laws.

    Apca activists also brought out a rally, led by provincial general secretary Fakhrur Rehman Azhar who urged the Punjab government to revise clerks’ pay scales in proportion with the rising prices of essential commodities.

    Published by Daily Dawn on May 2, 2015

  • Rallies, seminars organised in Balochistan to mark Labour Day

    QUETTA, May 2: Various organisations organised rallies and seminars here on May 1 to mark the International Labour Day and pay homage to the martyrs of Chicago who sacrificed their lives for the rights of workers.

    Demonstrations were also held in other district headquarters of Balo­chistan.

    Speaking at the programmes held in Quetta, representatives of the Balochistan Labour Fed­eral, Pakistan Workers Confederation, All Pak­ist­an Labour Feder­ation and National Organi­sation of Postal Employees vowed to continue their struggle for the rights of workers.

    They said those who sacrificed their lives in Chicago on May 1, 1886, were demanding better working conditions, pay raise and protection for jobs but force was used against the peaceful protesters.

    The speakers said workers still faced such problems and whenever they raised voice for their rights governments used force against them.

    They said workers in Pakistan had been struggling for their rights for past six decades, but successive governments had always tried to suppress their movements. They alleged that governments had always tried to protect the interests of employers.

    The speakers termed International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) pro-imperialistic organisations and accused them of encouraging governments in Pakistan to make anti-labour laws.

    They said trade unions of the country would never allow the government to privatise profit-making national enterprises.

    Published by Daily Dawn on May 2, 2015

  • May Day in Houston demands worker and immigrant rights

    Houston, TX – There were a number of events here to celebrate International Workers’ Day on May 1. First, the Houston Socialist Movement held a May Day speak-out with many groups. Leaders spoke about the need to end capitalism, build a socialist movement and make a revolution. They denounced the anti-worker, anti-immigrant and racist Republican Party in Texas, led by Governor Greg Abott. Speaker after speaker expressed a great sense of unity and hope for a socialist future. Later in the evening, there was a May Day dinner to build a spirit of solidarity amongst revolutionaries.

    Then on May 2, over 300 people marched in the annual May Day march. The march was led by immigrant rights organizations and trade unions, including SEIU and the AFL-CIO. Low-wage workers, part of the Fight For 15 campaign, marched despite many being undocumented. They chanted, “Sí se puede,” and “This is what democracy looks like.” They marched through a working class Chicano/Mexicano neighborhood as the community cheered them on.

    In addition, the Higher-Education Workers Association participated, an organization for adjunct professors at community colleges in Houston. Their sign read, “Health benefits for all adjuncts,” and “Professors for immigration reform.” To show their solidarity, they chanted, ” “Down, down with deportation! Up, up with education.”

    Rudolfo Palmo of the Higher-Education Workers Association said, “We are marching today because adjunct instructors are low-wage workers. We teach seven to ten courses per semester, which requires over 60 hours per week of work, yet we receive less than $2000 per course. We have no job security. We want health benefits, pensions and a higher wage. We also support immigration reform, as many of our students are effected by harsh immigration policies in Texas.”

    In one of the most conservative states in the country, there is fortunately still a platform for progressive, as well as revolutionary politics.