The Indian farmers’ agitation and the socialist strategy of the working class
The more than 3-week-long agitation mounted by hundreds of thousands of farmers on the outskirts of Delhi has highlighted and intensified the popular opposition of India’s workers and toilers to Narendra Modi and his far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Rushed through parliament in September in conjunction with a sweeping attack on workers’ rights, the Modi government’s pro-agribusiness farm laws will put tens of millions of small and marginal farmers at the mercy of domestic and international agribusiness.
In keeping with the antidemocratic character of its agrarian “reform,” the BJP government responded to the launching of the farmers’ Delhi
“When the workers protest peacefully the government and the labour department pay no attention to them. When protests take a severe turn, the workers are called rioters and anti-nationals and the police force is used to file cases against them,” he added.
“After the protests at Wistron took a severe turn Prime Minister Modi called and expressed his concern about incidents – according to chief minister Yediyurappa. The Prime Minister and Chief Minister have not expressed concern over workers rights being trampled. The main cause for the current workers unrest are the anti labor laws of the centre and state,” the letter further said.
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Wistron violence leaves a trail of uncertainty for Apple in India
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A police van with security personnel and riot gear was parked right outside Wistron’s Kolar plant
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After allegations of violation in wage payments and work hours surfaced after the incident of violence at Taiwanese manufacturing giant Wistron’s facility in Kolar district, Karnataka, the state government on Tuesday tried to control the damage by assuaging investor sentiment and protecting labour rights.
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Close to 1,500 people were involved in the violence on December 12 at the iPhone manufacturing facility of Wistron Corporation in Naraspura, Karnataka.
It was the start of another busy day at the iPhone manufacturing plant of Taiwan tech giant Wistron Corporation in Karnataka’s Naraspura on December 12. The night shift workers were about to leave when violence broke out.