Revoke Labour Code

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 22, 2025THE CPI(M) Polit Bureau strongly opposes the unilateral notification of the four Labour Codes by the BJP-led Central Government.The Labour Codes dismantle 29 hard-won labour laws that have, till now, protected the workers to some extent. Despite many limitations, to an extent the wages, working hours, social security, industrial safety, inspection–compliance mechanisms, and collective bargaining were in place.

World Disability Day: Fight for a Better World

On December 3, the world will observe the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. This year’s observance, as with earlier years since its inception in 1992, also risks being reduced to ceremonial gestures like honouring select disabled persons, camps for distributing aids, cultural programmes, etc.

The Angry Tide of the Latin American far right

THE far right in Latin America is angry. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s Javier Milei always look furious, and they always speak loudly and aggressively. Testosterone leaks from their pores, a toxic sweat that has spread across the region. It would be easy to say that this is the impact of Donald Trump’s own brand of neo-fascism, but this is not true. The far right has much deeper pedigrees, linked to the defence of the oligarchical families that have roots in the colonial era across the virreinatos (viceroyalties) from New Spain to Rio de la Plata.

Shram Shakti Niti 2025 is anti-labour

THE Modi government has published a draft labour policy -- Shram Shakti Niti 2025. The policy document gives rise to a host of questions. What is the objective of this policy? What should be the labour policy? Is everything contained in ancient texts like Manusmriti? Is there a special Indian concept of labour? The labour department is responsible for resolving disputes through methods such as enforcement of labour laws, inspections, mediation between management and trade unions, reaching compromises, and adjudication. Laws were made to protect the rights of workers.

Supreme Court Advisory on Governor’s Role Disappointing

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 22, 2025THE Supreme Court's advisory opinion on the Presidential reference regarding the powers of Governors under Article 200 of the Constitution, is disappointing. It will not in anyway check the assault on the rights of states that is ongoing due to the over-centralisation of powers in the hands of the Centre.

Withdraw Labour Codes and Anti-Farmer Policies: Nationwide protest by TUs and Samyukt Kisan Morcha

At the call of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Sectoral Federations and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, massive protests took place all over the country against the four labour codes and the anti-farmer policies of the central government in the formal and informal sectors, in government, public sector enterprises, and industrial areas, in rural India and also at block-sub-division levels by informal sector workers, agricultural labour and farmers and other sections of common people.

J&K CITU State Conference Calls to Intensify Struggles

THE 7th State Conference of Centre of Indian Trade Unions, Jammu & Kashmir, was held on November 22, 2025, in Srinagar. The conference deliberated upon various issues and problems confronting the working class, with the resolve to intensify the struggles to fight anti-working class and anti-people polices of the government.The conference started with the flag hoisting ceremony by M Y Tarigami, president J&K CITU amid revolutionary slogans raised by hundreds of workers with red flags in their hands at Tagore Hall, Srinagar. Floral tributes were offered in memory of martyrs who sacr

IPTA Affirms Commitment to Cultural Resistance

THE 17th West Bengal State Conference of the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) concluded with a powerful commitment from delegates. They resolved to move beyond mere discussion, prioritising creative action as the central strategy for public engagement and mobilization.The conference of artists and cultural activists took place from November 14 to 16, 2025, at Salt Lake, Bidhannagar.

EPS 95 Minimum Pension Hike - Government's Stance - Pension Background

IN 2013, the United Progressive Alliance government led by the Congress party decided to increase the minimum pension to Rs 1000. However, it was not implemented. The NDA government led by Narendra Modi implemented it in 2014. But even today many people still receive a pension of less than Rs 1000. Since then, the prices of all goods and services have increased dramatically. Therefore, retired EPS pensioners and all the trade unions are demanding an increase in the minimum pension to Rs 9,000.

Class Jihad: A Blueprint for Enslavement of Workers

FOUR Labour Codes have been notified by the Government of India immediately after NDA’s major electoral victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, and the accompanying euphoria. The Codes on wages, industrial relations, occupational safety and social security override in the name of ‘simplification of 29 Labour Laws’.The truth is, the Labour Codes dilute and remove vestiges of labour protection which were enshrined in those laws. On the question of job security, all possible roles of the Labour Department will be dispensed with.

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