tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post6742535063549472847..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: When the Unions Are the EmployersPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-4270903768050408222015-09-16T11:36:03.405+00:002015-09-16T11:36:03.405+00:00In Kerala, India, thousands of women tea plantatio...In Kerala, India, thousands of women tea plantation workers have ended an unprecedented nine-day strike after their managers agreed to their demands to increase bonuses. The women blockaded roads in the hill town of Munnar. The strike was unusual because of the women’s decision to reject the involvement of male-dominated trade unions and almost all politicians.<br /><br />http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/munnar-tea-estate-workers-end-nine-day-long-agitation/ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-21467054354663778322015-09-13T16:13:37.251+00:002015-09-13T16:13:37.251+00:00This blogger has spent several days in Munnar (wet...This blogger has spent several days in Munnar (wet and cold) and has visited other tea estates in Kerala and can vouch for the harsh conditions of these workers. In fact, from his personal observations, this blogger subsequently "upset" fellow members that come the revolution they will be missing their customary daily cup of tea because he envisaged a mass exodus of tea workers from their servitude once submission to wage slavery was no longer being imposed. ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com