Unions to protest on May Day, demand free universal vaccination
Unions to protest on May Day, demand free universal vaccination
NEW DELHI, Apr 28: A joint platform of 10 central trade unions on Wednesday decided to press the government for free universal vaccination, Rs 7,500 per month cash transfer for poor families and free 10 kg ration for them, among others, during the pandemic.
The unions will also protest against the “anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people policies” of the government on May Day (Saturday), stated a statement by the joint platform.
The joint platform has written a letter to the Prime Minister regarding their demands.
The trade unions deplore the “callous attitude” of the government in handling the COVID-19 crisis, the statement said.
Ensure Proper Covid-19 Care To ESI Beneficiaries: RSS Affiliated Workers’ Union To Centre
The letter by Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) general secretary Binoy Kumar Sinha, was addressed to the Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar.
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) alleged that workers and their families insured under the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme are not getting treatment. (Representational image.) Jayanta Bhattacharya 2021-04-26T10:04:48+05:30 Ensure Proper Covid-19 Care To ESI Beneficiaries: RSS Affiliated Workers’ Union To Centre outlookindia.com 2021-04-26T10:08:15+05:30
In a letter to the Union labour minister seeking his intervention, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) alleged that workers and their families insured under the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme are not getting treatment, vaccination, or admission to designated COVID-19 hospitals.
Oppose privatisation of public sector units, CITU urges people
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‘Steel plant supplying oxygen to Andhra Pradesh and other States’
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‘Steel plant supplying oxygen to Andhra Pradesh and other States’
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) city president R.K.S.V. Kumar has called upon people to oppose the move of the Central government to privatise Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam Port and other PSUs.
The CITU leader was addressing the participants on the 25th day of the relay hunger strikes, being organised at the Gandhi statue, near the GVMC, on Monday.
Mr. Kumar alleged that at a time when people of the nation were battling for their lives due to the pandemic, the Union government was issuing statements that privatisation would not be stopped. The VSP was supplying oxygen to Andhra Pradesh and other States and coming to the rescue of COVID-19 patients even as the Centre was planning to privatise the plant, he said.
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The KSRTC management should resolve the employees’ protests amicably instead of taking disciplinary action against them, said Dharmesh, State secretary and Hassan district president of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).
At a press conference in Hassan on Tuesday, Mr. Dharmesh said the management had suspended several employees and dismissed a few. Besides that it had not released salaries of previous months for the employees. “Withholding the salaries of the employees is inhuman. By taking such harsh measures, the State government is making the issue more complicated, instead of resolving the issue”, he said.
The employees of four transport corporations had served the public in all adverse conditions and made the transport system in the State one among the best in the country. The corporations could secure many national awards because of their hard work. “However, the salary and other benefits have not been enhanced properly. Besides that,
Cheques given to kin of fire victims accident bounce
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AAA Cheques issued by Mariyammal Fireworks licencee and lessees to family members of 27 workers, who were killed in a gory fire accident reported on February 12, have bounced because of insufficient funds.
The kith and kin lodged a complaint with Virudhunagar Collector R. Kannan, seeking the district administration to initiate criminal proceedings on cheque bounce charge against the owner/lessees to ensure that the compensation of ₹4.50 lakh each reached them.
According to Virudhunagar District Fireworks and Match units Workers’ Association, affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions, the accident at Achankulam near Sattur was a direct fallout of flouting of safety norms and illegally leasing out the fireworks unit. Its district secretary M. Mahalakshmi said that revenue officials received the cheques from the owner/lessees and after proper verification of the legal heirs handed over