The three ITUC member organisations in India,
INTUC, HMS and SEWA are taking part in a nationwide mobilisation to
protest at the government’s anti-worker policies and refusal to engage
in serious dialogue with the trade union movement. The mobilisation
started today with a three-day manifestation outside the national
Parliament in Delhi, and involves all the main trade union centres of
the country, with the exception of the BMS which is linked to the ruling
party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Sharan Burrow, ITUC General
Secretary, said “the international trade union movement stands in full
solidarity with our Indian colleagues, who are calling for employment
policies and laws which support India’s working people instead of simply
enriching the elite in India and foreign companies. The ITUC calls on
the Indian government to commit to genuine dialogue, and to adopt
policies which support working people and would lift millions out of
poverty.”
Government attempts to exclude the INTUC from talks were seen by the
other trade union federations as a sign of bad faith, and they refused
to participate in talks where the government determined who would speak
for workers instead of accepting that workers themselves should decide
who speaks on their behalf. Discussions which had taken place showed
that the Modi government was not prepared to listen to the trade union
movement’s real concerns, leaving them no option but to launch a massive
national mobilisation.
Source : https://www.ituc-csi.org/
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