Punjab

It has been over 40 days now since the struggle by the Ludhiana (Punjab) Powerloom workers began (22^nd September), but the struggle by these workers belonging to over 155 factories (involving more than 2500) shows no sign of receding. If anything, these workers are determined as never before, even skipping the Diwali celebrations, to lay claim to their basic rights as workers in a industry, which the labour department is hardly bothered about (despite statutory laws protecting these workers), with the mill owners conniving with the labour department and the Punjab state government to cow down the workers. read more