I am surprised and shocked by reading in the newspapers that Delhi High Court has given a judgement stating that equal pay for equal work can not be extended to the workers appointed on casual basis. The High Court was disposing of an appeal filed by the Air India against order of the Central Government Industrial Tribunal.
This is completely against the principle accepted for decades. The casual worker is neither allowed increments nor promotion etc. He is given only the minimum of the scales of pay. This is an accepted principle by the Government, the Labour Authorities and even the judiciary earlier.
Now the bolt from the blue has come denying the casual worker his right for equal wages. This has got to be opposed and justice got to the casual worker.The Government should immediately make necessary legislation to ensure the right for equal wage for the casual labourers.

The Parliament session has started today which is going to be a stormy one with the issues of intolerable price hike, 2G and other corruption cases, differences in the Lok Pal Bill, PFRDA Bill etc. The Prime Minister and the former finance Minister P.Chidambaram have to answer a lot in the 2G scam after the statement given by former Minister A.Raja that they were in loop for all decisions connected with 2G auction. The no-action by the Government on Black Money is another issue.
Central TUs and various Federations of workers are also in the struggle field during the Parliament session.
It is really going to be a stormy session.

China was under the rule of Japan for a very long period.The land was controlled by war lords and local chieftains who exploited the chinese people. The living conditions of the common people were very pitiable. The earlier emperors of China were very powerful but that did not improve the conditions of the people.
There were dissatisfaction every where. It was the Communist Party of China which started organising the people against the tyranny of the Japan and later the Chiang Kai Shek’s army.It was the formation of the Chinese Communist Party and the formation of the Red Army that changed the entire situation. The Red Army was formed on 1st August 1927. The army was mainly formed by the peasants and workers. Mao-Tse-Dung and his comrades formed the Red Army a really revolutionary army. The armed struggle and the historic Long March ended in the victory of communist revolution.
Through decades, China has developed and is now second only to USA both in military as well as economy. And China is growing at a higher rate than USA. At this stage we remember the Red Army and Communist Party and the people of China who made it possible.Congratulations to Chinese people.