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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Kerala Solidarity Meeting held by worker unions

The Kerala Solidarity Meeting was held on Wednesday under the aegis of CITU, All India Kisan Sabha, Farmers’ Association, Tenant Farmers’ Association, and Agricultural Workers’ Associations. Addressing the gathering, AIKS general secretary Viju Krishnan said alternative policies adopted by the Left government in Kerala in all sectors have made the State a leader in many spheres. Former Agriculture Minister and …

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5 months ago

Workers under several govt. schemes terminated without explanation, allege unions

The Hindu

Several unions, part of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and affiliated to the CPI, have alleged that many field assistants, ASHAs, municipal and midday meal scheme workers, among others, were being removed from their jobs. The unions of ASHAs, midday meal scheme workers, FAs, Village Organisation Assistants and others have been staging protests intermittently in Vijayawada for a month …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: NDA policies led to crisis in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, says CITU leader

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhpatnam: Centre of Indian Trade Unions national general secretary Tapan Sen sought to make it clear that it is the policies of the NDA government at the centre that have led to the present crisis of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. Tapan Sen said the central government could come to the rescue of VSP by merging its holding company RINL with …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Police foil ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ planned by Anganwadi workers, arrest many leaders

The Hindu

Thousands of Anganwadi workers and helpers who marched to Vijayawada to participate in the ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ demanding to solve their problems were arrested by the police here on September 25. Police who said that there was no permission for the Anganwadi Worker’s ‘Chalo Vijayawada’, deployed heavy forces at Pandit Nehru Bus Station, Dharna Chowk, railway station and all other major …

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1 year, 4 months ago

CITU condemns lathi charge on Gangavaram port workers

Deccan Chronicle

VISAKHAPATNAM: Vice president of Centre of Indian Trade Unions Vizag District Gani Shetty denounced the use of baton charge against the workers of Gangavaram port. On Thursday, a massive gathering of Gangavaram Port Employees Union, along with various All-Party Trade Unions and political parties, convened to demand wage increases and resolution of worker-related issues. He further pointed out that despite …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Trade Unions, farm outfits condemn ban on postal unions

The Hindu

Central Trade Unions and farmers’ organisations on April 28 condemned the Centre’s decision to de-register the All India Postal Employees Union and the National Federation of Postal Employees. The postal unions were de-registered for making contributions to the farmers’ protests and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions as well as for buying books from the CPI office in Delhi. The …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Centre de-recognises two postal unions

The Hindu

The Centre has de-recognised the All India Postal Employees Union and the National Federation of Postal Employees for making contributions to the farmers’ protests and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, as well as for buying books from the CPI office in Delhi. The order of de-recognition, signed by Nahar Singh Meena, Assistant Director-General of Department of Posts, said allegations …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Provide more time to submit options for higher PF pension: CITU

The Hindu

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions has urged Central Provident Fund Commissioner Neelam Shami Rao for a “substantial extension of time” beyond March 3 for workers to submit joint options with employers to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation for receiving higher pension. CITU general secretary Tapan Sen, in a letter, said the circular issued by the EPFO on Monday on …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Increase minimum wage to Rs 26,000 per month: CITU

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: All India general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions Tapan Sen demanded that the government revise the minimum wage to Rs 26,000 according to the hike in prices in the present conditions as per the Supreme Court verdict against the present minimum wage of Rs 18,000 per month which was recommended by the 6th Pay Commission. Sen …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Left party trade unions differ with leadership of CPI and CPM

Deccan Chronicle

ADILABAD: The members and leaders of the AITUC are not in favor of an alliance with the pro-TRS union, the TBGKS, in the elections for the ‘recognised trade union’ in SCCL. Speculations are that chief minister and TRS president Chandrasekhar Rao may convince the left party leadership to support the TBGKS or have an alliance in the recognized trade union …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Drop plan to privatise Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Plant, CITU tells Andhra Pradesh government

The Hindu

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions has demanded that the Andhra Pradesh government must drop the plan to privatise Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Plant in Nellore district. In a press release on the eve of the commissioning of a 800-MW unit at the thermal power plant by Chief Minister Y.S. Gafoor said that the SDSTPS employees had been protesting …

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2 years, 7 months ago

CITU complains to ILO on anganwadi layoffs

The Hindu

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions has approached the International Labour Organisation against the Haryana and Delhi Governments for retrenching 975 and 991 anganwadi workers respectively for striking work demanding an increase in honorarium. CITU general secretary Tapan Sen said in his complaint to Director, Bureau for Workers Activities of the ILO Maria Helena Andre that the retrenchments have taken …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi government shows insensitivity towards trade unions, working class: CITU

Firstpost

After the Delhi government announced the raise, the CITU alleged the AAP dispensation has “shown insensitivity towards the trade unions and the working class” New Delhi: The increase in minimum monthly wages for labourers announced by the Delhi government is “too little”, said the Centre of Indian Trade Unions on Friday, while rejecting the move as an “act of shameless …

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2 years, 8 months ago

CITU Tripura demands proper wage for migrant brick kiln workers

The Hindu

Tripura unit of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions on Wednesday alleged that the owners of the brick kilns were depriving the migrant workers from getting genuine wages. It said every year poor from States like Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh migrate to work in the brick kilns across Tripura. The office of Labour Commissioner listed some 350 brick kilns operating …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Central trade unions’ nationwide strike | Banks, insurance sectors affected all over India; steel, oil sectors also seeing partial impact: AITUC official

The Hindu

Central trade unions on March 28 began a two-day nationwide strike to protest against the Government’s alleged wrong policies that are affecting farmers, workers and people. — PTI Telangana Trade unions in Telangana raise unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies Raising a unified voice against the Centre’s “anti-worker” policies, members of various trade unions staged sit-in demonstrations at multiple …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Porters affiliated with CITU assault shopowners in Kannur

The Hindu

In yet another case of high-handedness by the porters affiliated with Centre of Indian Trade Unions, shopowners in Mathamangalam were assaulted for refusing the services of the porters to unload their goods. The Peringome police has registered a case against 12 porters based on the complaint by the shop owners, who were admitted in the Kannur Medical Government Hospital after …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Two-day Bank Strike Ends; Unions Warn of Intensifying Stir if Govt Goes Ahead With Privatisation of PSBs

News 18

The two-day nationwide strike by the public sector bank unions ended on Tuesday, with disruption in services like cash withdrawals, deposits, cheque clearances, remittances and loan approvals hitting customers. The United Forum of Bank Unions, consisting of nine bank unions — AIBEA, AIBOC, NCBE, AIBOA, BEFI, INBEF, INBOC, NOBW and NOBO — had given the strike call to protest against …

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4 years, 8 months ago

CITU member in quarantine: police to file affidavit

The Hindu

The Bombay High Court recently directed the Mumbai Police to file an affidavit by May 5 in the plea alleging illegal quarantine of a member of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. A single Bench of Justice C.V. Bhadang was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Mahendra Singh, a member of CITU, alleging that activist and trade unionist K. …

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5 years ago

Leftists block Nobel laurette Michael Levitt's houseboat for hours in Kerala

Op India

The houseboat of Nobel Laureate and renowned biophysicist Michael Levitt in the backwaters of Alappuzha, Kerala, was blocked for hours by left-wing trade union activists from CITU during the nationwide strike against the Centre on Wednesday. According to the reports, Michael Levitt, an American-British-Israeli biophysicist and a professor of structural biology at the Stanford University in the United States, and …

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5 years ago

Deadly violation of safety norms in Delhi

The Hindu

In the early hours of the morning of December 8, 43 workers, most of them migrants from Saharsa and Madhubani districts in Bihar and a few from Uttar Pradesh, burned to death in a fire that broke out in a six-storey factory in north Delhi. Listing out almost 18 categories of workers excluded from the ambit of the Code, the …

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5 years, 11 months ago

Visakhapatnam: CITU tells state to reopen mill

Deccan Chronicle

Visakhapatnam: Trade unions are demanding the state government’s immediate intervention so that the Chittivalasa jute mill that was closed by the management is immediately reopened. Mr Rao said that it was not proper for the government to “give weight to the management stand and refuse to discuss the issue”. The CITU leader said that on January 22, in the presence …

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6 years ago

Bharat Bandh Day 1: Trade unions strike evokes mixed response, sporadic violence reported from West Bengal, Rajasthan

India TV News

The strike by 10 central trade unions evoked a mixed response on Tuesday as five states, including Kerala, Odisha and Assam, witnessed complete bandh while sporadic incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal and Rajasthan. Image Source : PTI A deserted look of street and closed shops during the 48-hour-long nationwide general strike called by central trade unions protesting …

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Kerala Solidarity Meeting held by worker unions

Workers under several govt. schemes terminated without explanation, allege unions

Andhra Pradesh: NDA policies led to crisis in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, says CITU leader

Police foil ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ planned by Anganwadi workers, arrest many leaders

CITU condemns lathi charge on Gangavaram port workers

Trade Unions, farm outfits condemn ban on postal unions

Centre de-recognises two postal unions

Provide more time to submit options for higher PF pension: CITU

Increase minimum wage to Rs 26,000 per month: CITU

Left party trade unions differ with leadership of CPI and CPM

Drop plan to privatise Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Plant, CITU tells Andhra Pradesh government

CITU complains to ILO on anganwadi layoffs

Delhi government shows insensitivity towards trade unions, working class: CITU

CITU Tripura demands proper wage for migrant brick kiln workers

Central trade unions’ nationwide strike | Banks, insurance sectors affected all over India; steel, oil sectors also seeing partial impact: AITUC official

Porters affiliated with CITU assault shopowners in Kannur

Two-day Bank Strike Ends; Unions Warn of Intensifying Stir if Govt Goes Ahead With Privatisation of PSBs

CITU member in quarantine: police to file affidavit

Leftists block Nobel laurette Michael Levitt's houseboat for hours in Kerala

Deadly violation of safety norms in Delhi

Visakhapatnam: CITU tells state to reopen mill

Bharat Bandh Day 1: Trade unions strike evokes mixed response, sporadic violence reported from West Bengal, Rajasthan