CPI(ML) has strongly condemned the brutal lathicharge carried out by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on displaced protesters in Bokaro Steel City in Jharkhand on 3 April. In a press statement issued by Jharkhand state office in Ranchi on 5 April, CPI(ML) has termed the assault a "bloody beginning of a new phase of state-sponsored repression" aimed at crushing anti-displacement struggles in favour of corporate interests under the Modi regime.

Hundreds of mine workers took to the streets in Bellary in a massive protest organized by Bellary Zilla Gani Karmikara Sangha affiliated to the AICCTU, demanding immediate action from the government to provide housing, re-employment, and full rehabilitation. The protest began with a rally from Moti Circle and culminated in the submission of a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner. The Deputy Commissioner has assured the protesting workers that a meeting would be called to discuss the issue of retrenched mine workers. 

On April 3, 2025, the Supreme Court, in an unprecedented judgment, nullified the appointments of 26,000 secondary and higher-secondary government school teachers in West Bengal. These teachers were recruited through the West Bengal School Service Commission examination in 2016. Subsequent allegations of corruption in the recruitment process prompted a CBI-led investigation ordered by the Calcutta High Court in 2021. Following the CBI's report, the Calcutta High Court terminated these teachers in 2023.

The representatives of the Joint Action Committee of All Central Trade Unions and Independent Federations of Tamil Nadu submitted a memorandum to express serious concerns regarding the functioning of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and the current status of pension disbursal under the EPS-95 scheme.

The International Alliance of App-Based Transport Workers (IAATW) has recently released a report titled ‘South Asia Shadow Report on Platform Work Standards’ prepared on the basis of detailed survey and testimonials of app based workers of India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The report divides the issues being faced by app-based workers into 5 broad categories, identifies violations and makes recommendations.
    

Climate and labour injustice in urban India are the product of the same framework of capitalist exploitation. Yet India’s law and policy approaches to the entangled issue of environmental and labour rights has consistently fallen short of clear committments.

The Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, recently passed by the Parliament marks a decisive turn in India’s management of petroleum and mineral-oil resources. Framed as a set of reforms to boost efficiency and domestic production, it in fact clears the path for large-scale privatisation: state control is cut back, environmental safeguards are loosened, and public-sector enterprises lose their historic primacy.

Protection for Workers in the Summer

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has projected a 48% probability that global temperatures will surpass 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels in at least one year between 2022 and 2026, with this likelihood rising to 66% for the period 2023-2027. Additionally, it has warned that 2025 is expected to be among the three hottest years on record.

The Modi government is doing everything to ensure that Adani’s profits boom, while leaving the poor to fend for themselves.

After a prolonged struggle for the right to unionisation, the Samsung India Workers Union was registered by the registrar of Trade Unions. The inspiring battle by the Samsung Workers thus has marched a step ahead. The workers celebrated the victory of their movement.