IMPHAL, April 30: Three militant outfits in Manipur in separate statements on Monday have greeted the people of the state in general and the working class in particular on the occasion of May Day 2012.
The banned RPF /PLA said in its message that. the more the capitalism expands its grip, the standard of living of the proletariat would decreased day by day. In the early part of the 19 century, the living status of the labour class was at the lowest level because of lack of policy to fix the working hour and the capitalists paid scanty wages to them, says RPF/PLA .
The message further says in the 1850s, labourers across the world started to raise voice to protect their dignity and they proposed the working hour to be fixed at eight hours. Likewise, movements were launched in many parts of the world to abolish capitalism owing to which the rulers and capitalists treated the working class with more abhorrence.
In 1884, a joint meeting of Federation of Organized Trade and Labour Union held at Chicago decided to fix the working hour at eight hours and to launch mass movement on April 1 every year to fulfill the demand. On May 1, 1886, conventions and mass ralies were organized in America. In Chicago, more than 40,000 labourers protested over the demand by leaving their works.
On May 3, the movement pitched up and many were hurt in police actions. On the following day, people took out at Hay Market Square and shouted slogans against the ruler and capitalists. However, the peaceful demonstration ended with bloodshed as the police opened fire on them, leading to the deaths of many and many others were hurt, thus May 1 has been observed as Labour Day since the bloody incident.
Furthermore, giving the message, RPF/PLA also urges the farmers/labourers in Manipur to cooperate so as to focus on a bright future and lay the foundation of a stronger society.
PREPAK also greeted the people of Manipur on the occasion of May Day 2012. The outfit in its message says the condition of working class in both public and private sectors in the state are worrisome. It says the status of most of the labourers in the private sector should be improved and further blamed that the colonial government has exhausted the human resource of educated youth in Manipur as it cannot provide jobs to them.
PREPAK also says it pays respect to all farmers/labourers and workers in the state and appealed for unity of all the labourers of the world together to understand the strength of the working class.
PREPAK (PRO) in its message to the people says the outfit honours the farmers/labourers in Manipur on the occasion of May Day 2012.
There is a big role of the working class of Kangleipak (Manipur) in developing the society as well as individuals, in bringing change in financial sector and in establishing self-reliance and gaining independence, PREPAK says, while adding that let us strive to become a tolerant society with sacrificial spirit and work harder with our strength so as to enable ourselves to join the development pace of the world.