As India recovers from rail accident, questions arise abut staffing, safety measures
The horrific train accident in India, which led to the deaths of 275 people, has raised a number of questions about structural issues in the Indian Railways. These include the lack of adequate recruitment, and long working hours
Unions hold coutrywide wide demonstrations against anti-people policies in India
Ten of thousands workers from different trade unions staged a countrywide protest on July 3, which also involved public sector employees, industrial workers, scheme workers and agricultural workers
Modi and India’s privatization train wreck
With the first private train being flagged off on a high density route in India, all of Indian railways could gradually face a similar fate.
Indian communist parties call for countrywide protest against far-right govt. from October 10
The call for the weeklong protest against the economic crisis caused by the Indian government’s policies was given at a national convention organized by CPI(M), CPI, CPIML, AIFB and RSP.
Indian railway employees undertake eleven-day protest
Fear and uncertainty faced by the railway employees have increased during the second tenure of far-right Bharatiya Janata Party government.
“Privatising Railway Production Units Is Against Nation’s Interest”
The Modi government 2.0 is speeding up the process of privatising the Indian Railways with its ‘100 days action plan’.
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