Justice for Temple Stone Workers

On May 11th, 2021, caste oppressed workers who had worked in Robbinsville, New Jersey came forward to demand change for temple stonemasons and filed a lawsuit in the federal district court of New Jersey. With the support of unions in the United States and India, these workers are demanding change to a global economy. The International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers and its Administrative District Council of New Jersey (BAC) and the Pathar Gadhai Mazdoor Suraksha Sangh (PGMSS), a labor union representing more than 3,000 stone carvers in the state of Rajasthan, India, issued a joint statement demanding safe worksites, fair wages, and rights and dignity on the job for these workers and all stonemasons and stone carvers.

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