Worker's Day

May 1st is considered as Workers Day.In 1866, workers found that inhuman extraction of work by economically superior class meant complete exploitation. 8 hour working day was established in 1890, to limit the long hours. When workers protested, they were shot by police force and the blood stained shirts of workers were used as flags symbolically to further protest.Workers united and labor unions arose. This had happened in USA when industrialization came about.But it is still relevant today. Today people in impoverished countries like India are exploited to the human limits.They have no rights; and if they protest, they are deprived of their jobs.The ever widening gap between the rich and the working poor is unaddressed.Incomes of the poor is highly insufficient in today's economic state. Homes like thatched roof huts and slums are all they can afford. No streets or lights, insufficient water supply are common problems of the working poor. Cost of public transport being high is unaffordable as the working poor in urban areas are deprived people.In rural India, poor workers are exploited by overlords and they are indebted to money lenders. Land mafia strikes the weak people;innocent people are easily bullied by criminals.

Worker's compensation Act 1923 came into being.Employee's Insurance Fund had started in 1948 itself.In 1952, Employee's Provident Fund was started.But these are effective for regular employees only;those hired in private sector without regulations suffer from stress perpetuated by their employers.Minimum wages are not given, no rest is given and their complaints are not heard.

Unless government takes initiatives to curb exploitation, working people go on suffering in the hands of the industrialists.Workers are the real builders of human civilization. They should be treated well.They are the bottom of the pyramid, and if the bottom of the structure crumbles, the structure will collapse.