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NCCPA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THREE DAYS DHARNA CALLED BY CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS AND FEDERATIONS.
The National Executive Committee Meeting of NCCPA held at Com.S.K.Vyas Smriti Manch,(MLAs Rest House), Nagpur on 19-08-2017 concluded successfully taking significant decisions.
The meeting was presided over by Com.Shiv Gopal Mishra, President and Com.S.S.Roy, Working President. In the absence of Com.K.K.N.Kutty, Secretary General due to illness,Com.Pabitra Chakraborty and Com.K.Raghavendran, Deputy Secretary Generals spoke on the agenda items.
Participating in the discussion,Com.K.G.Jayaraj, General Secretary felt that much progress could not be made on unilateral implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations,as the NJCA was not serious on united Strike, only Confederation waging a lone battle. He also briefed the meeting about the negative stand of the government in exempting BSNL from the affordability conditions of 3rd PRC for pay revision and the subsequent Pension Revision.
14 Comrades, representing various affiliated organizations participated in the discussion after which resolutions on important issues were adopted unanimously, including continued agitation on Option 1, Minimum pay, improved fitment.Rs.2000 as monthly medical allowance etc, Observance of International Day of struggle for protection of pension, Participation in three days DHARNA at New Delhi on November 9,10 &11,2017., Solidarity to the postal strike on 23-08-2017 for implementation of GDS report.
Representing AIBDPA,apart from the General Secretary,Coms.K.P.Sharma and G.R.Verma,both Organising Secretaries of NCCPA also attended and Com.K.P.Sharma participated in the discussion.
The Reception Committee headed by Coms.D.V.Dhaktod and B.P.Petkar made excellent arrangements for the successful conduct of the National Executive.
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Iraq: WFTU in solidarity with the Iraqi workers and their federations against the new law on social security.
The World Federation of Trade Unions, which represents more than 92 million members in 126 countries all over the world, firmly supports the workers of Iraq, who are opposing the new law on social security approved on 1st of August 2017 by the Iraqi cabinet.
This law does not meet the international labor standards which protect the rights and needs of workers and retirees and appears to have been based on suggestions of the World Bank to the Iraqi government, pressuring the government to pass it as a pre-condition so that Iraq can receive new loans.
According to the Conference of Iraqi Federations and Workers Unions [CIFWU] the new law integrates the Pension and Social Security Fund with the National Pension Fund, raises the retirement age of workers from 63 to 65 in all work sectors, does not allow retired workers to access the privileges approved by Law No. 39 of 1971 and includes other negative regulations that seriously affect the lives of Iraqi workers.
As class oriented world trade union movement, we are joining our voice with the workers of Iraq and their Trade Union Federations, demanding the withdrawal of the draft law and we are calling them to continue their struggle for dignified work with social security rights.
The Secretariat
AIBDPA EXTENDS WARM GREETINGS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS AND WELL WISHERS ON THE OCCASION OF THE 71st INDEPENDENCE DAY. THE SOUL OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY IS UNITY IN DIVERSITY. LET US UNITEDLY RESIST THE CHALLENGES AGAINST SECULARISM AND PROTECT OUR BELOVED COUNTRY.
Death of Children in Gorakhpur Hospital – A man made tragedy
The reports coming in the media clearly show that the death of 74 children in the Gorakhpur Hpospital in the recent days was nothing but man made. The lack of oxygen was well known to the hospital and they have informed the government about the threat of the private oxygen supply company that they will stop supply oxygen if the huge arrears are not paid to them. The government did not take any action. The UP government is fully responsible for this tragedy. The valuable lives lost can not be brought back. But the culprits can be punished and the families can be financially helped at the least.
It is also heart breaking that the dead bodies are being taken to the respective houses in foot, bikes, autoriksha etc as no ambulances are arranged even after the visit of the Chief Minister and Central Health Minister and the reported close monitoring of the developments by the PMO.
WFTU statement on the hunger strike of temporary teachers of Nepal
07 Aug 2017
The World Federation of Trade Unions, representing 92 million workers in the 5 continents, expresses its support and solidarity with the Nepalese Temporary Teachers who are on hunger strike for 6 days.
Over the last 25 years, 26000 public school teachers work under temporary status without social security, basic wage, uniform facilities and promotions. The teachers are on strike, demanding the fulfillment of their demands in order to teach under permanent and dignified working conditions.
The WFTU and the international class-oriented trade union movement, committed to their principles and the resolutions of the 17th World Trade Union Congress, demand the prompt satisfaction of the fair demands of the Nepalese temporary school teachers. The government of Nepal and all the competent authorities, have to consider and respect the non-negotiable workers’ rights as well as the important role of the teachers in society and implement their demands immediately.
The Secretariat
CONDOLENCE MEETING HELD ON THE SAD DEMISE OF COM.SUNIL DEV, FORMER CIRCLE VICE PRESIDENT, WEST BENGAL
The untiring and sincere service of Com.Sunil Dev, former Circle President, West Bengal was remembered who passed away on 28-07-2017. The condolence meeting held at K.G.Bose Smriti Bhawan on 09-08-2017 was presided over by Com. Susanta Ghosh, Circle President. Com. Pijush Chakraborty, West Bengal presented the condolence resolution. Coms. Dilip Das, Circle Vice President and Ajith Nandan, Asst Circle Secretary also spoke on the occasion. All the participants paid respectful homage to the departed leader garlanding his portrait.
WFTU REPORT ON NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS HELD AT NEW DELHI ON 08-08-2017
The Trade Unions of India during the National Convention of Workers discussed about the current developments, the increasing anti-labor policies of India government and worker’s standard of living.
The Convention examined the previous action of the trade union movement and the continuing government’s provocative rejection and indifference of the 12-point Charter of Demands on minimum wage, social security, workers’ status and pay and facilities for the scheme workers, against privatization and mass scale contractorisation etc.
The convention was organised by the joint platform of all the central trade unions – CITU, AITUC, INTUC, HMS, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC and LPF, and the National Federations of State and Central Government employees and the employees in a wide range of sectors such as banking, telecom, coal, steel, transport and construction.
The Convention decided the next militant steps below:
1. To work for achieving and accelerating united struggles in all the sectors of the economy on respective demands, which have already begun
2. To Organize level massive campaigns at various levels: Block, District, Industrial Centres and State level; mobilisation and convention in preparation to central mobilization to be followed
3. Massive three days dharna (protest) at National Capital on 9th,10th and 11th Nov. to be attended by workers from all over the country.
4. The National Convention calls upon the working people to prepare for indefinite countrywide strike action against the anti people, anti national activities of the Government.
WORKERS TO STORM DELHI ON 9,10&11 NOVEMBER 2017
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WORKERS TO STORM DELHI ON 9,10&11 NOVEMBER 2017
CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS CALL FOR COUNTRYWIDE INDEFINITE STRIKE
AGAINST ANTI PEOPLE ANTI LABOUR POLICIES OF NDA GOVERNMENT
The National Convention of Workers held today, 8th August 2017 decided to organise a ‘three day dharna’ on 9th, 10th and 11thNovember 2017 before Parliament mobilizing lakhs of workers followed by indefinite General Strike against the anti people anti labour policies of the NDA Government.
The convention was organised by the joint platform of all the central trade unions- INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC and LPF and national Federations of State and Central Government employees, Banks, Insurance, Defence, PSUs, Railways, Telecom, Electricity, Coal, Steel, Energy, Petroleum, Road transport, Air transport, Water transport, Port and Dock, Metal and Mining, IT, Scheme Workers, Pharmaceuticals, Construction, Plantation etc.
The Convention noted with utter dismay that the Government has been continuing to arrogantly ignore the 12 point Charter of Demands on minimum wage, social security, workers’ status and pay and facilities for the scheme workers, against privatization and mass scale contractorisation etc. being jointly pursued by the entire trade union movement of the country, through numerous nationwide joint strike actions participated by crores of workers. Instead, the ruling regime at the centre has been increasing onslaught on the rights and livelihood of the working people of the country.
Unemployment situation is getting aggravated with employment generation practically turned negative even in the most labour intensive sectors. The Government has been aggressively pushing through its programme of pro-employer and utterly anti-worker labour law reforms. The latest onslaught is the move to evolve a ’Social Security Code’ by dismantling and demolishing the existing statutory Social Security infrastructure.
Privatization of all strategic PSUs, including Defence Production, Public Sector Banks and Insurance and also Railways, public road transport, oil, power etc through disinvestment, strategic sale, outsourcing in favour of private sector, promoting 100 per cent FDI in many vital and strategic sectors are increasing day by day. Public sector Banks are under attack through various legislative and executive measures. The central government intends to get the new Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 hastily passed in the current session of parliament which will allow wholesale privatisation of road transport.
The National Convention of Workers extended full solidarity to the fighting farmers in various states as well as under the Joint National Forums of Peasants’ Organizations. The National Conventionstrongly denunciated the communal and divisive machinations on the society being carried on with the active patronage of the Government machinery under the present polity.
The situation before the nation is the deepening all round attack on the rights and livelihood of the working class and the toiling people in general by the private corporate friendly Government of the day.
The Convention decided
1. To work for achieving and accelerating united struggles in all the sectors of the economy on respective demands, which has already begun
2. To Organize Block/District/Industrial Centres/State level massive campaign, mobilisation and convention in preparation to central mobilization to be followed
3. Massive three days dharna at National Capital on 9th,10th and 11th Nov. to be attended by lakhs of workers from all over the country.
4. The National Convention calls upon the working people to prepare for indefinite countrywide strike action against the anti people, anti national activities of the Govt.
The convention was presided by Ashok Singh(INTUC),Ramendra Kumar (AITUC) S N Pathak(HMS), Dr. K Hemalata (CITU), Satyavan Singh(AIUTUC),Lata (SEWA),Uday Bhat (AICCTU),Satrujit Singh(UTUC), V Subbaraman(LPF) and addressed by G Sanjeeva Reddy (INTUC), Amarjeet Kaur(AITUC), Harbhajan Singh Siddu(HMS), Tapan Sen(CITU), Shankar Saha( AIUTUC), Manali(SEWA), Rajeev Dimri(AICCTU), Ashok Ghosh( UTUC) and M Shanmugam ( LPF).
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INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC, LPF
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