Murdering Trade Unionists remains employers ‘best practice’ to defeat workers’ resistance!

New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) strongly condemns the cold blooded murder of Shahidul Islam Shahid, Gazipur district president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF), and the brutal assault on two young activists of the union on 25 June 2023 at the hands of managements goons. Shahidul Islam was leading the agitation for unpaid […]

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The BJP Government’s Budget 2023-24: In the face of Growing Inequality, Tax Breaks for the Rich whilst claiming to address the needs of the poor

New Delhi, 1 February 2023: At a time when working people are faced with job losses and rising unemployment, inflation and the erosion of real wages and rapidly widening income and asset inequalities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government think it is just the right time to lower income tax for the middle […]

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Release Com. Dhaitr Sharma NOW! Stop the Attack on Dolu Tea Plantation workers

New Delhi, 9 November 2022: The New Trade Union Initiative strongly deplores the unlawful arrest of Comrade Dharitri Sharma, Cachar District Secretary of our affiliate Assam Majoori Shramik Union (AMSU). Com. Sharma was picked up without an arrest warrant from near his residence at Jaraitala, Cachar, Assam, allegedly because of his “Maoist” links, by the […]

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