Indian workers discuss need to build rank-and-file committees to fight auto bosses
Inspired by the struggle that the striking Volvo truck assembly workers in Dublin, Virginia are mounting against the transnational automaker and the pro-company United Auto Workers (UAW), several Indian auto workers have spoken with
World Socialist Web Site reporters about the need to build rank-and-file committees, independent of the pro-capitalist unions, to assert their class interests.
Hyundai was forced to close down its plant in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu for several days in late May after workers staged a sit-down strike to protest the lack of protections from COVID-19.
In opposition to the herd immunity policies of the ruling elite, workers are demanding that industries follow scientifically-guided lockdown restrictions.
Read more about Tamil Nadu govt finds Wipro s factory not following Covid SOPs, labour laws on Business Standard. Tamil Nadu s Industrial Safety and Health Department has issued showcause notice to hydraulic cylinder maker Wipro Enterprises for violating Factories Act and allied labour laws at its plant
Tamil Nadu s Industrial Safety and Health Department has issued show cause notice to hydraulic cylinder maker Wipro Enterprises Pvt Ltd for violating Factories Act and allied labour laws at its plant near here.The Department officials inspected .
Hydraulic cylinder maker Wipro Enterprises P Ltd has decided to stop production at its plant near here for three working days starting Friday. The company said it has decided to declare three days May 28, 29 and 31 (May 30 being Sunday) as no production days in order to break the Covid-19 spread chain and also to enhance the safety and wellbeing of all its stakeholders. The company worker s union United Labour Federation (ULF) has approached the Madras High Court against the company and the Tamil Nadu government s order allowing certain units to function during the Covid-19 lockdown. Similarly, Ford India Private Ltd, the Indian subsidiary of the US automaker Ford Motor Company has declared May 28 and 29 as no production days after about 950 of its workers boycotted lunch on Thursday demanding an early settlement of their Covid-19 related demands.