CPI opposes anti-labour policies of Central, state governments

TAKING a dig at anti-labour policies of central and state governments, state secretary of the Communist Party of India Sathi Sundaresh on Thursday called upon workers to raise their voices against the present policies that have put the workers in distress. These policies need amendments, he said.

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Addressing labourers during the May Day observation in memory of the martyred workers in front of the AITUC office, he said It was on this day in 1886, workers in Chicago, America, started a struggle for eight hours of work, eight hours of rest, and eight hours of entertainment during which seven policemen and four civilians were killed. "Some labour leaders were hanged to death for these violent protests. Since then, Labour Day is observed on May 1 every year. The condition of the workers today needs to be discussed properly, they should fight together against exploitation by the government and the ric