On 21st November, 2025 the Union Government issued notifications bringing into force four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages, 2019, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020,(OSH Code) the Social Security Code, 2020; and the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 - that had been passed between 2019 and 2021. The four Labour Codes, presented as an anti-colonial “labour reform”, essentially constitute a reorientation of the State’s role in mediating class relations in the country.

Friends,

The Modi government is fully prepared to implement the four Labour Codes. After notification on November 21st, central rules are being formulated to implement them. Then, the four Labour Codes will be implemented from April 1st, 2026. The government is using widespread false propaganda to portray these codes as beneficial to workers.

Declaration

We, the Joint Platform of Ten Central Trade Unions, independent Sectoral Federations and Associations are meeting today in Delhi to deliberate on the everworsening situation in the country on all fronts. This convention is taking place in a very critical situation, when the union government, in order to contain and weaken the trade unions and place the Indian Working Class Movement disarmed in face of the onslaught of capital, have come out with the four labour codes.

The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them
— Gene Roddenberry

[AICCTU submitted a memorandum on 29 April 2025 to the Minister of Labour and Employment demanding removal of wage ceiling for ESI and guarantee universal access to social security. Some Major points of the memorandum are given below.]

We are writing to you in regard to the exclusionary criteria in Employees' State Insurance Scheme (ESIS) resulting in lakhs of workers being excluded from the Scheme.

Through Alternate Dispute Resolution and By Weakening of Penal Provisions for the Employer!

As part of the present government’s attempts to dilute all existing legal rights of the working class and clear the path for employers to refuse workers their legal rights, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has proposed major changes in the enforcement mechanism of EPF.

The following joint statement was issued to the press after meeting of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations on 15th May 2025. 

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 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.

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