Monday, May 11, 2020

Press  Release DATED:  11.05.2020 
                                            *CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS DENOUNCE AND CONDEMN*
*"TOTAL EXEMPTION TO EMPLOYERS  FROM ALL LABOUR LAWS"*
 *IN UTTAR PRADESH AND MP AT THE INSTANCE OF CENTRAL GOVT AND SERIOUS DILUTION OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER LABOUR LAWS IN SOME OTHER STATES*

The  Joint  Platform  of  Central  Trade  Unions  and  Federations/Associations  vehemently  denounces  the  blanket  exemptions given  to  all  establishments  from  the  employers’  obligation  under  all  substantive  labour  laws  for  a  period  of  three  years  by the  state  governments  of  Uttar  Pradesh  and  Madhya  Pradesh.  In  UP  already  the  Ordinance  in  this  regard  has  been promulgated  and  same  is  going  to  be  done  in  Madhya  Pradesh  also  as  asserted  by  the  Chief  Minister  there.  Media  report has  also  indicated  that  similar  move  of  liberating  the  employers  from  all  labour  laws  is  going  to  be  initiated  in  Gujarat  also for  a  period  of  1200  days,  i.e.,  more  than  three  years.   As  the  mass  of  the  working  people  have  been  subjected  to  inhuman  sufferings  owing  to  loss  of  jobs,  loss  of  wages, eviction  from  residences  etc  reducing  them  to  hungry  non-entities  in  the  process  of  45  days  lockdown,  the  Govt  of  the  day at  the  centre  has  pounced  upon  those  working  people  only  with  fangs  and  claws  to  reduce  them  to  the  stature  of  virtual slaves.  In  desperation  the  migrant  workers  have  been  walking  for  several  hundreds  of  miles  on  roads,  on  railway  tracks, through  fields  and  jungles  to  reach  their  homes  with  several  precious  lives  lost  on  the  way  due  to  hunger,  exhaustion  and accidents.  Now  the  Government  at  the  centre  has  taken  the  strategy  of  letting  lose  their  pliant  state  governments  to  take such  anti-worker  and  anti-people  autocratic  measures,  many  other  state  governments  are  expected  to  follow  suit.   The  Madhya  Pradesh  Chief  Minister  has  announced  the  decision  to  exempt  the  employers  from  their  substantive   obligations  under  various  labour  laws  like    Factories  Act,  Madhya  Pradesh  Industrial  Relations  Act  and  Industrial Disputes  Act,  Contract  Labour  Act  etc    through  appropriate  amendments  by  executive  order  or  Ordinance  for  a  period  of 1000  days,  i.e.,  three  years  empowering  the  employers  to  hire  and  fire  workers  “at  their  convenience”;  and  there  will  be no  labour  department’s  intervention  in  the  establishments  during  the  said  period.    Not  only  that,  the  employers  were  also exempted  from  payment  of  Rs  80/-  per  labourer  to  Madhya  Pradesh  Labour  Welfare  Board.   Similarly  the  Uttar  Pradesh  Government  has  already  issued  Ordinance  to  exempting  all  establishments  in  the  state  from  all 38  labour  laws  in  vogue  in  the  state  for  a  period  of  three  years  barring  four. This  retrograde  anti-worker  move  came  in  the  second  stage  after  six  state  governments  have  enhanced  the  daily  working hours  from  eight  hours  to  12  hours  through  executive  order  in  violation  of  the  Factories  Act,  taking  advantage  of  the lockdown  situation.  It  is  also  reported  that  BJP    Government    of  Tripura  is  also  making  similar  move.   Central  Trade  Unions  consider  these  moves    as  an  inhuman  crime  and  brutality  on  the  working  people,  besides  being gross  violation  of  the  Right  to  Freedom  of  Association(ILO  Convention  87),  Rights  to  Collective  Bargaining(  ILO Convention  98)  and  also  the  internationally  accepted  norm  of  eight  hour  working  day  –  espoused  by  Core  Conventions  of International    Labour    Organisation    (ILO).  The  ILO  Convention  144  in  regard  to  Tripartism  has  also  been  undermined  by the    Government.    While  seriously  considering  to  lodge  a  complaint  to  ILO  on  these  misdeeds  of  the  Government  for gross  violation  of  Labour  Standards,  Central  Trade  Unions  calls  upon  the  working  class  to  oppose  these  designs  of imposing  slavery  on  the  workers  and  employees  in  the  interests  of  the  employers’  class  through  united  agitation  and prepare  for  countrywide  resistance  struggle  both  at  workplace  level  and  at  national  level.  We  note  with  satisfaction  that the  unions  in  the  states  are  already  on  agitation  path  independently  and  unitedly  and  soon  the  CTUs  would  give  a nationwide  call    of  action.

*INTUC* *AITUC*   *HMS* *CITU* *AIUTUC* *TUCC* *SEWA* *AICCTU* *LPF* *UTUC* Together  with  the  Federations  and  Associations  of  various  sectors.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

The Government very well know how to treat with the Union's the best example is how the delay in biparte settlement happened even after completing more than 2.5 years

Unknown said...

Out of 20lac crore package how many paise for the banking fraternity? Where is bipartite ?

Bob said...

During this lockdown, many bank staff who has to travel by train or bus could not attend office. In Mumbai,where local train is the main life line, many staff had to sit at home since March 24. Most of the banks ,except administrative offices,arranged any commutation fecility.
Now during May end,banks started debiting our leave as absenteeism. ,Which is a great loss to all especially to those who r retiring,whose leave encashment will be affected.

In this case,union should approach IBA that only working days are to be counted for calculation of leave as this is not normal leave, this is unprecedented international problem.
Hope union may do represent. Even govt offices r shut but they are getting salary. We bankers have to work , without any fecility

Bob said...

During this lockdown, many bank staff who has to travel by train or bus could not attend office. In Mumbai,where local train is the main life line, many staff had to sit at home since March 24. Most of the banks ,except administrative offices,arranged any commutation fecility.
Now during May end,banks started debiting our leave as absenteeism. ,Which is a great loss to all especially to those who r retiring,whose leave encashment will be affected.

In this case,union should approach IBA that only working days are to be counted for calculation of leave as this is not normal leave, this is unprecedented international problem.
Hope union may do represent. Even govt offices r shut but they are getting salary. We bankers have to work , without any fecility