Textile workers in Pakistan’s Punjab mobilize to demand better wages, labor rights
Workers organized by Haqooq-e-Khalq and other unions have demanded that the minimum wage be revised as current wages are inadequate to meet their basic needs due to inflation.
India’s opposition claims 2024 national elections were rigged
In the national elections held in April-June last year, ultra-right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came back to power for the third consecutive term despite large scale popular resentment and strong opposition unity.
Trump raises tariffs on India to 50%, Delhi calls move “unjustified and unreasonable”
Opposition groups, trade and farmers’ unions demanded the government of India explore alternative international mechanisms, such as the BRICS, to counter US imperialist moves
80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki: nuclear war is closer than ever
The US and Israeli bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites violated basic tenets of nuclear non-proliferation, ironically demonstrating to countries pursuing independent development the need to build nuclear deterrent.
Unions demand legal action against Tata Consultancy Services over mass layoffs and labor rights violations
TCS, India’s largest software company, has announced plans to layoff around 2% of its global workforce this year which would translate into over 12,000 mid and senior-level employees losing their jobs.
India’s left groups and farmers demand halt to UK trade deal and similar free trade deals
Farmers claim that in the context of the Indian government’s failure to build competitiveness in the domestic agricultural sector with supportive policies, such agreements may facilitate new forms of colonialism.
Worker resistance stops Karnataka government’s plan to increase IT work hours
The Karnataka IT/ITes Employees Union (KITU) is the only registered union for IT and related industries in India’s southern state of Karnataka, the hub of the software industry in the country.
Farmer leaders arrested in Pakistan for opposing illegal land grab
Farmers, under the leadership of Mazdoor Kisan Party, have been fighting against the state-landlord nexus in the region for decades, demanding rights over the land they cultivate.