Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 17:19 IST
TN bus strike: The Tamil Nadu transport trade unions had earlier called for a strike on December 3 but withdrew it citing “social responsibility”. Representative image | Photo Credit: IANS
Chennai: Nine transport trade unions will begin observing an indefinite strike from 25th February over the Tamil Nadu government’s failure to conclude wage talks. It is believed that around 80 per cent of the government buses in Tamil Nadu will stay off the roads from tomorrow.
Notably, there are 21,000 government buses in Tamil Nadu.
In a joint press release, the nine unions, including Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), said the strike will cover eight State Transport Undertakings (STUs), including the Metropolitan Transport Corporation.
Mine games Rahul Noronha
On January 1, diamond mining operations in Madhya Pradesh s Panna district, the biggest centre for diamond mining in India, came to a halt after its wildlife clearance ended on December 31, 2020.
Panna is also home to a critical tiger reserve and, according to U.K. Sharma, field director of the Panna Tiger Reserve, the park management wrote to the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) of the government of India about shutting down operations as soon as the wildlife clearance expired. Predictably, the closure of mining operations has led to conservationists and government authorities butting heads.
On January 3, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced that the diamond mine in Majhgawan in Panna will not be closed down considering the important role it plays in the lives of the people who live in the areas located nearby. The Majhgawan mines contribute over Rs 5 crore to the local economy, says Shyamendra Singh, a former
‘Govt. policy is to help RTC; ₹6,000 cr. given in 5 years’
The government has expressed willingness to form an independent society under it instead of floating a legally independent company, KSRTC-SWIFT, for operating long-distance buses under the proposed restructure of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC).
The offer to form the society was extended by Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac on Friday to win over the three recognised trade unions of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) that are opposing the formation of the independent company.
At the talks in the presence of Transport Minister A.K. Saseendran and KSRTC Chairman and Managing Director Biju Prabhakar in the Secretariat here, Dr. Isaac said the formation of the society was the alternative that the government could offer.
Trade unions call for nationwide protest on Wednesday against privatisation, other policies in Budget
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Last Updated: Feb 02, 2021, 05:07 PM IST
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A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Tuesday gave a call for a nationwide protest on February 3 against privatisation and other anti-people policies proposed in the Budget for 2021-22 and to press for scrapping labour codes and providing income and food support to the families of poor workers.
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The unions said that the budget presented by the Finance Minister is full of rhetoric and far away from the ground realities.
NEW DELHI: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Tuesday gave a call for a nationwide protest on February 3 against privatisation and other anti-people policies proposed in the Budget for 2021-22 and to press for scrapping labour codes and providing income and food support to the families of poor workers.
Trade unions call for nationwide protest on Wed against privatisation PTI
Updated : Feb 2, 2021, 9:24 pm IST
The unions said that the budget presented by the Finance Minister is full of rhetoric and far away from the ground realities
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New Delhi: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Tuesday gave a call for a nationwide protest on February 3 against privatisation and other anti-people policies proposed in the Budget for 2021-22 and to press for scrapping labour codes and providing income and food support to the families of poor workers.
The ten central trade unions are Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women s Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICC