The
Centre of Indian Trade Unions on Saturday expressed apprehensions over
Centre’s policies on labour laws as it aimed to highlight the issue of
unemployment in coming months.
The ongoing general
council meeting of CITU has decided to bring the issue to the forefront,
which has been part of its 12-point charter of demands, the union’s
general secretary and MP Tapan Sinha said on Saturday.
”...
unemployment is grasping the economy like a cancer ... the CITU has
decided to go for a big fight against Centre’s policies in the next
two—three months,” Mr Sen told a press conference here.
CITU
would unite students, women, youth, farmers and the labour force in
support of the “Right to Work” of the unemployed and the “Right to Job”
security of workers, he said.
He alleged that regular
workers were being turned into casual or contractual employees in the
background of 19.8 per cent registered factories being closed by
December, 2014.
“The situation will worsen as we understand that there will be more cuts in the next budget,” Mr Sen claimed.
He
said the CITU has also deliberated on the tea sector facing the heat in
its ongoing general council and discussed as to how its workers faced
difficulty in being absorbed in the industrial sector.
He
also said, “The Centre’s move to reform labour laws on the pretext of
‘ease of doing business’ will leave the mazdoor with no social security
and drive them out of job...
even former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had sung the same tune, but it did not happen.” - PTI
Sources: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/citu-expresses-apprehensions-over-centres-labour-laws/article8009330.ece
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