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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.
Updated Feb 23, 2021 | 18:24 IST
As many as 98 grassroots-level workers of the CPI(M), CPI and CITU joined the BJP in Kerala ahead of the Assembly elections. Big boost for BJP in Kerala as 98 Left workers join saffron | Photo Credit: PTI
Thiruvananthapuram: In a big boost for the saffron party, as many as 98 workers from the Left parties joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala ahead of polls. The 98 were former members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], Communist Party of India (CPI), and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) who worked at the grassroots level. They joined the party in the presence of Union ministers V Muraleedharan and Pralhad Joshi.
‘Curb practice of leasing out fireworks units’
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All 8 lakh fireworks workers should be brought under social security schemes
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All 8 lakh fireworks workers should be brought under social security schemes
Virudhunagar District Fireworks-Match Workers Association has sought efforts from Government machinery to prevent the practices of leasing out fireworks units and allowing workers to work on contract basis.
At a seminar organised by the association affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions here on Sunday, resolution to this effect was passed.
The seminar was attended by workers, owners, trade union leaders and MPs T.K. Rengarajan (Communist Party of India – Marxist) and B. Manickam Tagore (Congress).
Left bodies demand jobs and job security in Assam
The CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions), SFI (Students Federation of India) and the DYFI (Democratic Youth Federation of India) have raised the demand for jobs and job security in the State.
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GUWAHATI: The CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions), SFI (Students Federation of India) and the DYFI (Democratic Youth Federation of India) have raised the demand for jobs and job security in the State.
At a joint meeting presided over by Biren Sarma, Loknath Adhikari and Kalyan Buragohain here on Thursday, CITU general secretary Tapan Sarma raised the demand for jobs and job security in the State. The meeting decided to entrust all the Opposition parties to include issues like jobs and job security in their respective manifestos for the forthcoming Assembly election in the State. The meeting has also decided to expose the BJP-led State government s failure to provide jobs and job security in the State. It has also decided