History of International Workers Day | NC Decodes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ljt5XFdQvc Apr 30, 2023
As the world celebrates May Day today, in this episode of NC Decodes, we revisit the history of International Workers' Day and talk about where we stand today when it comes to workers' rights and the labour movement.
Bombay’s freedom trail: Workers, strikes and a mutiny https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bombay-s-freedom-trail-workers-strikes-and-a-mutiny/story-OgwCe1vrmHzrSTqkysbQ3O.html Smruti Koppikar Jul 12, 2017
Mumbai city news: Workers’ strikes and links between the labour class and nationalist politics were key aspects of the early years of the movement and had become common by early 20th century
The collective force of Bombay’s working class citizens – dock workers, textile mill workers, labourers, small merchants and traders, the informal sector workers – had shaped the city. Their involvement in the freedom movement was natural and, for decades later, their stories became oral narratives of the movement in working class areas. The collective force of Bombay’s working class citizens – dock workers, textile mill workers, labourers, small merchants and traders, the informal sector workers – had shaped the city. Their involvement in the freedom movement was natural and, for decades later, their stories became oral narratives of the movement in working class areas.