From marxistindia at cpim.org Sat Jul 5 18:42:58 2025 From: marxistindia at cpim.org (news from the cpi(m)) Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 18:42:58 +0530 Subject: [Marxistindia] Withdraw the Gujarat Ordinance Amending Factories Act Message-ID: July 5, 2025 Press Statement The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: Withdraw the Gujarat Ordinance Amending Factories Act The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the amendments made to certain key provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 by the Gujarat government. The BJP government has resorted to the ordinance route to promulgate the Factories (Gujarat Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 on July 1. Through this amendment the working day of factory workers is being increased from the existing nine to twelve hours. It also facilitates the deployment of women workers in night shifts, without making adequate provisions for their concerns including safety and security. The promulgation of this Ordinance on the eve of the General Strike called by ten central trade unions reflects the BJP's contempt for the working class and their demands. It is yet another example of its authoritarianism. The BJP government of Gujarat under the ruse of 'ease of doing business' has been notorious in not only doing away with some of the bare protections given to workers, but also in its failure to implement even the existing safeguards provided to workers. The CPI(M) reiterates its support to the July 9 General Strike and calls upon the Gujarat government to immediately withdraw the ordinance. It calls upon the workers of the country, including Gujarat, to give a befitting reply to the government by making the General Strike a success. (Muralidharan) For CPI(M) Central Committee Office -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marxistindia at cpim.org Sat Jul 5 19:02:22 2025 From: marxistindia at cpim.org (news from the cpi(m)) Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 19:02:22 +0530 Subject: [Marxistindia] Join the Digital Protest Against Israel - Silence for Gaza Message-ID: July 5, 2025 Press Statement The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: Join the Digital Protest Against Israel - Silence for Gaza The Communist Party of India (Marxist) endorses the global call 'Silence for Gaza', which urges people to switch off their mobile phones for half an hour everyday - from 21:00 to 21:30 local time - as a symbolic act of solidarity. A recently released UN report, From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide, details how various multinational corporations are complicit in Israel's assault on Gaza. The sinister role of these corporations must be exposed and they must be held accountable to the people. These corporations feed off our digital footprints, even as they enable genocide. Shutting off our mobile phones for half an hour each day at the designated time is a small but powerful act of digital disruption, a strike against the surveillance capitalism that bankrolls Israel's genocide and apartheid. The CPI(M) urges people across the country to actively participate in this digital resistance by spreading the word: switch off your mobile phones and abstain from posting, liking, or commenting on any social media platform during the protest period. In joining the global 'Silence for Gaza' campaign, the CPI(M) stands with the Palestinian people and against the brutal, genocidal assault unleashed by Israel. Let this collective silence be a defiant refusal to be complicit, and a powerful assertion that the voices against war crimes will not be silenced. (Muralidharan) For CPI(M) Central Committee Office -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: