Union Power - March 2013

Contents

Affiliate Reports
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
NFFPFW becomes All India Union of Forest Working People
Kerala State Council of NTUI elects new President
Remembering Com. V B Cherian: Working Class Unity and Trade Union Democracy
Campaign News
Meeting on Work Shift Rationalisation from the point of view of Security of Working Women
Natco Pharma wins cancer drug case
Remembering Fukushima: Lessons for India
News Updates
Most persondays lost due to lockouts and not strikes in West Bengal
Indefinite dharna and hunger strike by Maruti Suzuki Workers Union
Legal Update
EPFO to pay 8.5% rate for 2012-13
NREGA wages with effect from 1 April 2013 notified
Haryana hikes minimum wages
Labour Courts can find out real employer while hearing plea for reinstatement or backwages: HC
The Building and Other Construction Workers Related Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013 introduced in Rajya Sabha
International News
Cambodian garments win back wages from Walmart: Compensation for Tazreen fire yet to come in Bangladesh
UN adopts declaration condemning violence against women
50th CGT Congress held at Toulouse
Demonstrations across Palestine mark Palestinian Land Day on 30 March
Press Statements
Mithi Viradi nuclear project: A democratic process is a right of the people
Comrade V B Cherian (22 July 1945 – 2 March 2013) Lal Salaam!

Union Power March 2013

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