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CITU opposes Centre's anti-worker policies

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Pandhe welcomes proposal for trade union rights in Information Technology sector

THRISSUR: Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) president M.K. Pandhe has said that his organisation will oppose any move of the Centre to introduce anti-worker policies that ran counter to the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) approved by the Left and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Inaugurating a State convention of the BSNL Employees' Union here on Tuesday, Dr. Pandhe said it was essential to forge a broad alliance of the working class to fight the wrong economic policies of the UPA-led Central Government.

Dr. Pandhe said it was possible to raise enough resources for infrastructure development if the Government showed the political will to end the undue concessions being granted to giant corporates in the country. The tax arrears of major corporates have worked out to be nearly Rs.one lakh crores during the last three years. These mega tax defaulters are now flocking to grab the shares of public sector companies.

Criticising the move of U.S.-led developed countries to block subsidies in the Third World, Dr. Pandhe said the developed countries sanctioned huge subsidies to the agriculture sector with a view to gaining entry into the markets of less developed countries. India should take the lead in the fight against the U.S. policies.

CITU State general secretary P.K. Gurudasan; BSNL Employees Union president P.V. Chandrasekharan; and BSNL Principal General Manager D. Varadarajan; were among those who spoke on the occasion.

A Correspondent writes from Nedumbassery:

Talking to presspersons at Cochin International Airport, Dr. Pandhe welcomed the proposal seeking trade union rights in the Information Technology (IT) sector and said that though the development of the sector should not be hindered, IT firms could not remain aloof from Indian labour laws. Since IT firms are not different from other duly registered organisations functioning in the country they need not be exempted from the ambit of the labour laws. Asked whether the right to strike should be part of it, Dr. Pandhe said that collective bargaining without the right to strike was meaningless.

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