Workers Council meeting in Nagpur

On Feb 15-17, 2007, the All India Workers Council held its Conference in “Aantar Bharati Aashram”, Dabha, near Nagpur city. The Conference was inaugurated by Prof Jhite. Delegates from different regions of the country participated in the deliberations of the Conference. They came from Surat, Kanpur, Lucknow, Basti, Patna, Kolkota, Bangalore, Ranchi, Delhi, Mumbai, UlhasNagar, Nagpur, and other centres in different states of India. They consisted of activists in the communist and workers movement drawn from different parties and groups who were seriously concerned about establishing mechanisms to forge the political unity of the working class. At the end of the Conference, the delegates approved the political and organizational reports, and elected a 35 member All India Executive. Comrade OP Sinha was elected as the President of the All India Executive.

The Conference discussed the necessity for the Indian working class to have a political organization, in which it could unite for its broad political aims of opposing the capitalist offensive of globalization, liberalization and privatization, and for coming into the center stage of Indian polity as a class with its own class aims.

The Conference discussed various problems confronting the working class movement, including contract labor, working hours, minimum wages, the violation of the labor laws as well as their inadequacies, unemployment, Special Economic Zones, as well as problems faced by workers on a daily basis. It was also discussed that any political organization of the working class can never ignore the burning questions of oppression of women, the caste question, or national oppression.

It was decided that state and district committees should be established wherever possible immediately. May Day shall be celebrated with a common call throughout the country. The Council decided to develop all India campaign to put an end to contract labour as well as to the Special Economic Zones. The Council decided to extend its support to all the ongoing struggles of the working class and working people. The Council decided to extend its full support to the campaign around the 1857 Ghadar launched by the Ghadar Jaari hai… Abhiyan.

People's Voice considers the Conference of the All India Workers Council held in Nagpur as a contribution to strengthening the political unity of the working class.