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Trade unions decry labour reform plans
About 10,000 trade union activists took out a massive rally in Hyderabad to protest against the proposal of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to introduce labour reforms and FDI in railways, defence and insurance.
A massive rally of workers held in Hyd; Reforms will harm workforce: Unions
Hyderabad: About 10,000 trade union activists took out a massive rally in Hyderabad to protest against the proposal of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to introduce labour reforms and FDI in railways, defence and insurance.
At least ten trade unions consisting of bank employees and Central and state government employees participated in the rally from Sundaraiah Vignana Kendram to Indira Park and organised a massive public meeting at the Dharna Chowk, putting across their charter of demands before the Central government.
The public meeting was addressed by leaders of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, IFTU, TNTUC, TRSKV and UTUC. BMS is affiliated to RSS, TNTUC (Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council) is affiliated to Telugu Desam Party and TRSKV (Telangana Rashtra Samithi Karmika Vibhagam) is an affiliate of ruling TRS in Telangana.
The trade union leaders said if the government brought in labour reforms, it would affect the workforce adversely and would benefit the private company managements to indulge in anti-labour practices like hire-and-fire, layoffs and retrenchments.
Women are not permitted to work after 7 pm in organisations which does not fall under the Essential Services as of now. But according to the trade unions, the Narendra Modi government would remove this norm. “If women are made to work beyond 7 pm, their domestic life will be adversely affected, as they have to carry out household responsibilities like cooking,” said the union leaders.
The trade union leaders demanded that the government rollback the proposed labour reforms and stop disinvestments from PSUs. They further demanded the government to provide employment security and social security to unorganised workers. Regularisation of contract and outsourced employees, fixing a minimum wage of Rs.15,000 per month and giving minimum wages to workers of schemes like Anganwadi and Rajiv Vidya Mission - were the other key demands of the trade unions.
