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4 weeks ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Divya Gandhi |Vaishna Roy
In 1952, Tamil Oli became the first Tamil poet to sing in praise of May 1, Labour Day: “Oh Time, come rushing to wipe the tears of that poor man who rises before the rooster and slaves all day long Oh May Day, welcome” Born in a Dalit caste to Chinnasamy and Sengeni Ammal on September 21, 1925, in Adoor village in Kurinjipadi, Tamil Nadu, the humble genius, who grew up as Vijayarangam, went on to produce literary work that explored the political power of poetry, raised class consciousness,...
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1 month ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Vaishna Roy
When the Tamil Nadu government announced it would operate private buses on a contract basis alongside State-run buses during Deepavali 2024, the public cheered the move, welcoming the effort to manage the holiday rush and ensure smoother travel. But for people like Jagadish*, a bus conductor with the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) with 18 years of service to boot, it was a taste of things to come—and he was right. “Government officials did not value State buses.
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2 months ago | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Vaishna Roy
If the basic registration of their union, Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU), proved to be a herculean task for the workers of the plant in Sriperumbudur, returning to work after their strike appears to be an equally great challenge. Some 1,400 workers of SIWU have been protesting within the premises of Samsung India Electronics in Sriperumbudur, since February 5, after the management suspended three office-bearers of the union, which is backed by Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Talmiz Ahmad |Vaishna Roy
The BJP-RSS combine and Sangh Parivar have consistently stirred controversy through their efforts to “reform” India’s education system, which they claim bears “Leftist” and “Western” influences. RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat repeatedly stressed on the “need” to transform education to reflect “Bharatiya” (Indian) values, which he claims current curricula, shaped by “foreign” ideologies, lack. Evidently, the establishment believes universities are the key battleground for ideological supremacy.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Peter Ronald deSouza |Vaishna Roy
“Kainaattugalukku pirandha kaiyezhuthukkal naangal (We are signatures born to thumbprints),“ says Sarath Kumar, 30, a first-generation graduate. He is one of the founding members of Vyasai Thozhargal, a youth community that teaches, at its tuition centre, around 260 under-privileged school students, free of cost, under the banner of Dr. Ambedkar Pagutharivu Padasalai in Vyasarpadi, Chennai.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Peter Ronald deSouza |Vaishna Roy
The 37-day-long strike led by Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU), backed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), ended on October 16. “The workers will return to work on October 17. They have unanimously voted to end the strike,” said S. Kannan, CITU Tamil Nadu deputy general secretary, after the union’s general body meeting in Kanchipuram. “We are really happy.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Siddarth Muralidharan
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Vivek Katju |Vaishna Roy
The strike by Samsung India Electronics workers, under the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) banner, (backed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, or CITU) demanding union registration and recognition, entered its 30th day on October 8. On October 7, Tamil Nadu Ministers for Industries (T.R.B. Rajaa); Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (T.M. Anbarasan); and Labour Welfare (C.V. Ganesan) announced that Samsung workers and management had reached a resolution.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Vivek Katju |Vaishna Roy
For the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU) in Sriperumbudur, which boasts a membership of 1,550 of Samsung’s 1,723 workers, the ongoing strike has become a matter of protecting its constitutionally guaranteed right to form a union. SIWU is backed by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). However, on October 7, without involving the workers who are part of the SIWU, Tamil Nadu Ministers presided over a meeting between the workmen committee and the company.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
frontline.thehindu.com | Siddarth Muralidharan |Mujibur Rehman |Vaishna Roy
“There are three children and a heart patient in this house. What should we understand if you arrest someone at 11 pm without stating any reason,” asked a Samsung worker’s friend as policemen stood on his doorstep in a video widely circulated on October 8 midnight. Ten workers were arrested that night, according to S. Kannan, Tamil Nadu CITU deputy general secretary.
