Night before the rally Started Osanghatit Khetra Shramik Sangrami Manch’s state wide campaign began on 2nd October from Newlands Tea Garden near the Assam border. The campaign was formally started by Kiran Kalindi, president of the Progressive Plantation Workers Union (PPWU), with participation of about forty motorcycles, and about 90 people who set off for the rally. Many women workers from neighbouring tea gardens also arrived to send off the rally. The main issue of the rally was the burning need for an alternative politics that is based on working people’s demands and needs. Along with that, posters and leaflets on the Right To Food's Campaign were also distributed. The rally also focused on four main local issues- · the unresolved issue of yearly bonus to the workers, for which negotiations are presently underway. Workers are demanding 20% while the employers association wants to get away with only 8.33% or at m...
The Right to Food and Work Campaign, West Bengal is an informal Network of Organisations, Union(s) & other Social Networks committed to realisation of the right to food in the state of West Bengal.