“We all should unite collectively. Do what we need to do to get done because that’s the only way it’s going to get done. And we collectively do it, you know, as a whole and stand on it and be consistent and mean it. You know, we move the city. The city don’t move us.”
The image is from the Pullman Strike of 1894, one of the many reasons for the strike was......
>the rigid paternalistic control of the workers by the company
Plus ca change.
On the morning of 13 April, workers across sectors launched a protest demanding better working conditions and a hike in wages in Noida, in Uttar Pradesh. The protest followed recent workers' strikes in Haryana, which compelled the state government to announce a 21% increase in the minimum wage. The Uttar Pradesh Police lathicharged workers, harassed women and verbally abused people at the Noida protests.
The police also detained several hundred workers and children. Activists have alleged that more than one thousand workers and other people have gone missing in Noida since the protests. The whereabouts of some were traced to the district jail, while those of several others remain unknown. The Caravan spoke to some of the families of those who went missing during the police action.
The police has confirmed the arrests of 396 persons, including four women. They have also filed seven First Information Reports on the protests, charging individual workers and over four thousand unidentified persons of attempt to murder, attacking public officials, rioting, destruction of public and private property, criminal intimidation, provoking breach of peace and other serious acts.
We need to organize and stand together as working families to take back our lives, our communities, our schools, and our workplaces.
Want to organize your workplace but don’t know where to start?
It’s time we broke our state’s addiction to cheap labor. The same families that exploited workers for generations are still addicted to keeping that cheap labor system alive today. They own jets, multiple as in more than one million-dollar homes, and country club memberships.
If you, like us, are tired of being exploited and want to form a union where you work, let’s talk.
Post here or shoot us a DM, and let’s stand together to unionize the South.
It’s time to take back our God-given, as-American-as-apple-pie rights and power as the working class.
>!Our labor produces their wealth.!<
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One in every four casual workers in India are paid below the statutory minimum wages, which indicates significant gaps in wage enforcement and labour protection, SBI Research said on Friday.
Situation is worse for women. Female workers constitute 45% of all underpaid casual workers despite representing only 25% of the casual workforce, while male workers account for 55% of unpaid workers while forming 75% of the workforce, indicating substantial gender disparity in minimum wage compliance.
The report noted that 80-90% of the workforce in India is engaged in informal employment. Punjab has the highest share of informal workers at 82%, followed by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar at 81% each.
May 68 in France. It started as a student movement, but quickly turned into a full-blown political and generational clash. This period has become a cornerstone of both modern French history and pop culture. We take a look back at the events and discuss the legacy of May 68 for the French political scene and for French society as a whole.
Full video: https://youtu.be/AVWcHxMsMg8
This article by Rose Lenehan and Tracy Rosenthal originally appeared in "Jewish Currents". It serves as a basic organizing guide for those seeking to build and use collective power to solve issues facing themselves and their neighbors.
Both authors are veteran organizers with the Los Angeles Tenants Union, one of the largest and most successful tenant unions in the United States. Tracy Rosenthal is a co-author of the recent book "Abolish Rent".: https://www.blackrosefed.org/how-to-organize-your-building/