India: FINDINGS OF THE FACT FINDING TEAM ON THE THOOTHUKUDI POLICE FIRING

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Created: Saturday, 09 June 2018 12:22

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On 22-05-2018, a demonstration of about 50000 people before the Collectorate in Thoothukudi, Tamilnadu opposing the expansion of Sterlite company was fired upon by the police killing 11 persons and another two were killed in a similar fashion the next day bringing the death toll to 13. In order to check the veracity of various versions on this grave incident of national importance and find out the real facts,a Fact Finding Team(FFT) was constituted jointly by the Indian Federation of Trade Unions(IFTU),All India Kisan Mazdoor Samithi(AIKMS) and the Progressive Organisation of Women(POW),AP.

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India: Immediat release of Bacha Singh and Deepak Kumar

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Created: Saturday, 09 June 2018 12:14

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INDIAN FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS(IFTU)
National Committee
Address:Marx Bhavan,7th Line,Vidyanagar,Hyderabad

President: Aparna                General Secretary: Pradeep

IFTU CONDEMNS THE ARREST OF MSS LEADERS
BACHA SINGH AND DEEPAK KUMAR
DEMANDS THEIR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

In the midnight on 31-05-2018, the Jharkand police arrested Bacha Singh,General Secretary and Deepak Kumar,Secretary of the Mazdoor Sangharsh Samithi(MSS) from Chandankiyari in the steel city of Bokaro. It is learnt that their whereabouts are not known and till day they are still in police custody and not produced in any court of law.

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Kazakhstan: ArcelorMittal prosecutes unions after underground protest

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Created: Monday, 26 February 2018 19:39

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ArcelorMittal filed lawsuits against two unions and a rights organization in connection with a strike at company mines in Karaganda at the end of 2017, despite previously committing to not prosecuting workers for their participation in the strike.

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Mine deaths lead to protest rally in Pakistan

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Created: Monday, 19 February 2018 00:50

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This January was another bloody month for coal workers with 6 workers killed [2] in three separate accidents. Unfortunately, the coal mining industry in Pakistan has a terrible industrial record [3] where workers have few rights and work long hours in unsafe conditions. Following on from the most recent deaths, mining unions held a protest rally in Quetta demanding better health and safety for all mine workers.

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Indonesia: To the families of the dismissed miners of Grasbergmine

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Created: Friday, 29 December 2017 01:30

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Dear families and miners we miners' wives and girlfriends from mining miners AG in the Women's Association Courage have learned that Freeport has fired 4,220 miners after the strike in May. It makes us angry that Freeport has at the same time given access to education and other services for the miners and their families. We mourn the families of the seven Freeport miners who were ill and died as a result of their health insurance cut by Freeport.

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Kazakhstan: strike on 8 coal mines

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Created: Wednesday, 13 December 2017 21:56

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In the Karaganda region on December 11, a strike of four coal mines began, yesterday 4 more mines joined the strike, in general, at the moment, there are 8 mines on strike! About 200-300 miners are underground.

India: 43 days hunger-strike and demonstrations

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Created: Friday, 10 November 2017 17:32

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Coal Miners from Bhawani Mine have agitated for 43 days by way of Hunger Strike, demonstration etc 
 
Arbitrary and Illegal Mines Closures in Coal India Ltd.

Following the Strike Notice served to the Coal India 's Management by the all the five Unions
- AITUC, BMS, CITU, HMS and INTUC operating in the Coal Industry, the matter was seized by the Deputy CLC (C) - Kolkata.

In both the Conciliation Meetings held on 18/06/17 and on 07/09/17, the Deputy CLC (C) has ordered some directives on the issue of Closures of Mines to be observed by all

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India: Join Sit-In Protest on 9-11 November in Delhi

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Created: Friday, 10 November 2017 16:12

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We are United! We will Fight! Join the Fight to Protect our Rights
Join the Sit-in at Jantar Mantar 9-11 November 2017
Ill motivated economic policies destroying jobs and livelihoods

In the last year the BJP government has come out in the open to attack the working class. Its policies have destroyed jobs, livelihoods and lives. Government data confirms that lakhs of workers lost their jobs because of the government’s ill motivated note ban. Even more are losing their jobs because of the hurried and poorly planned introduction of the Goods and Services Tax.

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India: support for the general strike

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Created: Monday, 06 November 2017 17:35

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Dear Colleagues,

we have heard that the miners and workers in India are going to do a sit in. We support your struggle for the important demands of the workers.

We commit ourselves to make known your demonstration in the continents and spread worldwide through our homepage, as well as to organize the solidarity. You can be sure of the support and solidarity of miners and people in the mining regions around the world. Today, international mining corporations are operating worldwide and, together with them, are exacerbating exploitation and oppression.

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India: Arbitrary and Illegal Mines Closures in Coal India Ltd.

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Created: Monday, 06 November 2017 17:26

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Coal Miners from Bhawani Mine have agitated for 43 days by way of Hunger Strike, demonstration etc 

Following the Strike Notice served to the Coal India 's Management by the all the five Unions
- AITUC, BMS, CITU, HMS and INTUC operating in the Coal Industry, the matter was seized by the Deputy CLC (C) - Kolkata.

In both the Conciliation Meetings held on 18/06/17 and on 07/09/17, the Deputy CLC (C) has ordered some directives on the issue of Closures of Mines to be observed by all
- That, they will maintain the Statuquo that is the Management will not undertake any action amounting to closure and the Unions will defer their Strike till final decision on the  Strike Notice.
- But the Management - WCL of Coal India closed the Ganapati Mine in Pench Area  on 03/08/17 without any Written Notice but only with a Verbal Announcement by the Safety Officer that the Mine is closed from the day.
- Similarly, the Bhawani Mine from Ambadha Colliery in Kanhan Area was closed from the 01/09/17 only with 
a Notice stating that the Mine shall be closed from today due to an Order from Above.

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