Nearly 90 percent of the world's 67 million domestic workers, majority of them being women, do not even have any semblance of social security coverage (ILO) and their work is undervalued and unprotected.
Despite the Odisha Government's proclamation, the ambitious goal of regularizing 57,000 contract workers, predominantly engaged in vital sectors such as education, health, home, and welfare departments, has unfortunately not seen the light of the day.
The 3rd state conference of AICWF (All India Construction Workers Federation), Odisha unit concluded on 26th May 2023 at Nagbhushan Bhavan, Bhubaneshwar.
Delegates from districts of Khurda, Kendrapada, Puri, Gajapati, Angul, Sonepur, Nayagarh, Bhadrak and Jagatsing Pur participated.
Central observer Com. Kishore Sarkar hoisted the red flag to begin the conference.
The conference was conducted by a 5-member presidium including comrades Banshidhar Parida, Litulal Dev Subudhi, Srinivas Sahoo, Rajnigandha Barik and Samar Bal.