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.

Starlink’s Entry in India: National Sovereignty at Stake

 In a surprising turn of events, India’s two largest telecom companies, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, have finally partnered with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide satellite-based internet services to Indian consumers via Starlink’s technology. This development is particularly striking given that just a year ago, these very telecom giants viewed Starlink as a formidable competitor and strongly opposed its entry into the Indian market.

A media hype was created around the Modi led BJP government’s budget 2025-26. It evoked a lot of debates and speculations around the tax concession and rebates but the most important proposal of deregulation of labour and its accompanied announcements in the budget was completely ignored by the media.

‘’Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all.’’

–John Maynard Keynes.