Madhya Pradesh electricity wor orker ers s continue ue indefinite inite strike
Reject Israel ’ s New Moves
Encouraged and emboldened by the backing from the US imperialists , the Israeli rulers are going ahead with one move after the other to impose their arbitrary solutions on the Palestinian people .
The legislation adopted by the Israeli Parliament-knesset-on July 19 , 2018 is one such move . This law-National state law-says , “ Israel is the historic homeland of Jewish people and they have an exclusive right to national self determination in it .” Benjamin Netanyahu , who placed the bill in Parliament , has boasted , “ It is our state , Jewish state ” and called it a “ historic legislation ”. The legislation “ authorizes a community composed of the same faith and nationality to maintain the exclusive character of that community .” It declares the “ whole and united Jerusalem ” as the Israel ’ s capital . It vows to promote and encourage the establishment and consolidation of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories and treat them as a “ national value .”
This legislation faced criticism from wide range of political forces . More particularly , a few days before its adoption , the Israeli President Reuven Rivlin , in a letter , took a serious objection to calling Israel as a “ Jewish state ”. He warned , it will open the door to ‘ Jewish-only ’ communities in Israel . It could harm Jewish people in the world as well as in Israel . He also said that the legislation could lead “ to the establishment of towns that would , for example , exclude Jews of Middle Eastern origin , ultra orthodox Jews or homo-sexuals .”
The Arab members of Israeli Parliament called the legislation “ racist ” and discriminatory .
The sections of Israeli ruling circles , who criticized the 6 legislation , seem to fear that the legislation may further widen the rift between the Jews and the Arab communities , isolate and segregate the Jews inside the Israel as well as the world and kick up the hostility and conflict further between the Jews and world people .
The people of Arab Community ( 17.5 per cent of Israel population ), who are under the rule of Israel , fear that the racial tendencies and discriminations may further intensify because of the new legislation .
Saeb Erekat , secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization , called the legislation a “ dangerous and racist law ” which officially legalizes apartheid and legally defines Israel as an apartheid system .”
Thousands of Madhya Pradesh outsourced electricity workers remain on strike after walking out on June 25 over a 15- point log of claims . Their demands include permanent jobs for all temporary workers employed for more than three weeks , equal pay rates and benefits to all employees , and implementation of the seventh pay commission ruling .
Strike was called by the Madhya Pradesh Electricity Outsourced Workers Association . The workers are employed by about 30 private contracting companies for six governmentowned electricity companies . Strikers have maintained a threeweek protest at a site in Tower Chowk .
Thus the legislation will further complicate and make the resolution of Palestine and Israel problem more difficult . The declaration that the “ whole and united Jerusalem ” as the capital of Israel simply brushes aside the right of Palestinian people and frustrates the possibility of reaching a solution through discussion on the question of Palestine ’ s capital .
So the world people who uphold the just right of Palestine people for their Home Land must oppose and reject the so called Jewish state legislation adopted by the Israeli parliament . They must oppose all the moves of Israeli rulers to reduce the Palestine people virtually into a colonized people within their own Home Land .
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Madhya Pradesh electricity wor orker ers s continue ue indefinite inite strike
Manoj Bhargava , state convenor of the union , told the media said that the 45,000 outsourced employees performed dangerous work but were only paid 6,000 and 8,000 rupees per month . Workers with up to 12 years ’ service were deprived of decent salaries , he said , and pointed out that the Indian government and a few state governments paid 18,000 rupees per month to employees doing in the same work .
In April 2017 , more than 20,000 workers from all of Madhya Pradesh state ’ s power distribution companies struck work over the same demands . Workers also held state-wide demonstrations in October against the state government ’ s moves to fully privatise electricity .
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