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	Trade Unions (background)
		Trade unions are unique organisations whose role is variously interpreted and understood by different interest groups in the society.
		Trade unions through industrial action (such as protests and strikes) and political action (influencing Government policy) establish minimum economic and legal conditions and restrain abuse of labour wherever the labour is organised.
		Trade unions are also seen as moral institutions, which will uplift the weak and downtrodden and render them the place, the dignity and justice they deserve.
	www.bms.org.in /htm/trade_unions.htm (5425 words)

	Targeting the trade unions
		CITU general secretary M.K. Pandhe said that the existing Act was silent on the matter of recognition of unions and this lacuna was being misused by some managements.
		In his view, the stipulation of seven persons in the Trade Uni on Act as the minimum requirement for the registration of a union had a logic behind it, as under the Factories Act a factory could be registered if it has a minimum workforce of 20 persons.
		He said that unions needed lawyers as well as experts in different fields to be associated with them, to aid them in, for instance, productivity-related negotiations, and such persons were not normally part of the workforce of a factory.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1707/17070940.htm (1442 words)

	Left seeking call centre comrades to set up unions
		The CPI (M)'s trade union wing, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, is banking on old comrades and Left-sympathisers in the information technology sector to gain a foothold and unionise call centre employees.
		Since it is difficult to form a union at the unit level, the strategy is to form "omnibus unions" for infotech and enabled services employees in every city.
		CITU sources said it was decided to form the first union in West Bengal because it was easier to get it registered in a Left-ruled state.
	in.rediff.com /money/2006/oct/26bpo.htm (485 words)

	'We need a political movement against privatisation'
		Veteran trade union leader M.K. Pandhe is the general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).
		This is because all the nine federations of unions in the industry came together to resist privatisation.
		The divisions within the trade union movement have prevented a united resistance to the offensive of the government.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2001/stories/20030117007300800.htm (1965 words)

	CENTRE OF INDIAN TRADE UNIONS Insurance
		The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and...
		Centre for Indian Trade Unions; Centre of Indian Trade Unions Centre for Indian Trade Unions; Centre of Indian Trade Unions Organization of union workers from rail, postal, telecom, banking, insurance sectors and unorganised sectors like...
		The red brigadeÃ's call for forming trade unions for BPO employees was cold-shouldered by the $5.2 billion outsourcing industry, even as a research firm welcomed it.
	digilander.libero.it /all_insurance/Centre_of_Indian_Trade_Unions.html (1026 words)

	Centre of Indian Trade Unions denounces fuel price hike on Business News
		CITU is claiming that the advertising campaigns are totally unjustified when the government is not giving out the complete facts out to the people of the country.
		India Australia trade might grow to USD 16 billion by 2010 Industry body Assocham has said in a statement that there is a bright possibility that the trade between India and Australia can touch a record USD 16 billion in the next four years.
		Infosys to invest to develop the world’s largest training hub Indian BPO industry giants Infosys Technologies has said that they are planning to invest Rs 809 crore on expanding its global education centre in the next one year.
	business.techwhack.com /665/centre-of-indian-trade-unions (654 words)

	The menace of trade union militancy in India - Printer Friendly Page - Columns - Telugu Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When nearly all the parties have a trade union wing - the Congress has the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), reputedly the largest in the country, and the BJP has the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh - such competitive militancy is unavoidable since their objective is often political rather than economic.
		Notwithstanding the attention the trade unions and their political bosses (who hold influential positions in their parties) receive from the media, the work force represented by them constitutes less than 10 percent of the total working population.
		As long as the unions retain their inordinate clout, the chances of a dramatic breakthrough on the industrial front are not too high.
	www.teluguportal.net /modules/news/print.php?storyid=897 (852 words)

	rediff.com: Trade unions to meet to oppose economic reforms: Reuters
		Trade unions to meet to oppose economic reforms
		Leaders of major Indian trade unions will meet in Calcutta on Friday to formulate a strategy to oppose the government's economic reforms programme, particularly its policies relating to retrenchment.
		Unions say most workers run the risk of being laid off without adequate safeguards if the government implements the proposal because more than 80 per cent of the industrial workforce is employed by firms with less than 1,000 employees.
	www.rediff.com /money/2001/jul/06tu.htm (349 words)

	India: Workers strike with a vengeance
		"Centre of Indian Trade Unions strains at the leash; the city gasps!" (Telegraph, Calcutta).
		The participation of the 800,000 bank workers, belonging to five major unions, made the financial sector come to a grinding halt in the whole of the country.
		Traditional fllegs like the Indian National Trade Union Congress (affiliated to the Congress party) and the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (belonging to the major ruling party – the BJP) tried to sabotage the strike by pulling out of it at the last minute.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2003/05/28india2.html (913 words)

	Call Centre murder: Rape of an issue : call centre employee, murder, bangalore, Kiran Karnik : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Trade union leaders in the city are using the incident to press for unionisation of the BPO industry.
		General Secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, M K Pandhe says it's high time the BPO industry was regulated according to Indian norms.
		They insist that most call centres have stringent identity checks of all drivers, use of technology to monitor movement of cabs and some even provide a guard to escort women home.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/call-centre-murder-rape-of-an-issue/2588-3.html (576 words)

	CASE No.1817/INDIA (1996): Complaint against the Government of India presented by: All-India Trade Union Congress and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As regards the right to hold trade union office, the Committee would draw the Government's attention to the general principle that the right of workers' organizations to elect their own representatives freely is an indispensable condition for them to be able to act in full freedom and to promote effectively the interests of their members.
		The Committee has emphasized on previous occasions that the right to express opinions on all issues of general or special interest to trade unions and their members, without previous authorization through the press or otherwise, is one of the essential elements of the rights of occupational organizations.
		Moreover, the fear of the authorities of seeing a trade union newspaper serve political ends unrelated to trade union activities or which, at least, lie far outside their normal scope, is not a legitimate reason to refuse to allow such a newspaper to appear.
	www.oit.org.pe.cob-web.org:8888 /sindi/english/casos/ida/ida199601.html (3611 words)

	Left unions raise voice for BPO staff
		The left-front-ruled West Bengal government may be pulling up its socks to woo IT and BPO companies to the state, but the left trade unions have raised their banner against the alleged violation of worker's rights in the sector.
		In a letter to the union government, the Centre for Indian Trade Unions president M K Pandhe has demanded a check on the violation of labour laws by the IT and BPO companies.
		In all, the trade union has listed 10 violations of labour laws in the BPO sector.
	specials.rediff.com /money/2005/oct/13bpo.htm (239 words)

	Trade Unions Press for Higher Pension Fund Rates
		New Delhi: Left-leaning trade unions on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to hike the rate of return for the country's largest state-run pension fund scheme and demanded a restoration of the right to strike.
		Like India's investors, unions are keen to find out how Singh's new government will balance economic reforms with the demands of its communist supporters ahead of its first budget on July 8.
		CITU also asked Singh to abandon the privatisation of the country's two biggest airports at New Delhi and Bombay.
	www.globalaging.org /pension/world/2004/press.htm (344 words)

	Welcome to labourfile- a bimonthly journal on indian labour and economic affairs
		Employees' Union Kerala circle secretary, R. Pata Nayar, said a majority of the 20,000 Telecom employees, including members of unions affiliated to the INTUC and the BMS, stayed away from work and took out marches in the districts.
		Centre for Indian Trade Unions and All India Trade Union Congress functionaries staged a road roko in 14 places in rural Tirunelveli and 1,015 cadres, including 290 women, courted arrest.
		The Central Trade Unions and Federations congratulated the working class employees for their massive response to the call of general strike.
	www.labourfile.org /newsMore.aspx?Nid=16 (1353 words)

	Welcome to labourfile- a bimonthly journal on indian labour and economic affairs
		On 20 June 2005, seven central trade unions unambiguously opposed the fuel price hike announced by the union cabinet and insisted on its immediate withdrawal.
		The central trade unions have decided to launch a nationwide campaign against the oil price hike announced by the government, which they say would leave a heavy load on the common people.
		The unions have expressed shock over the UPA governmentâs interest in private oil companies creating a big burden on the common man. According to them, the decision on hike reveals the governmentâs unwillingness in paying heed to the objections raised by the working class.
	www.labourfile.org /ArchiveNewsMore.aspx?Nid=77 (224 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Indian unions call 24-hour strike
		Leftist Indian trade unions have called a day-long, nationwide strike on Thursday to protest against the government's economic reforms.
		Indian communist parties are part of India's government coalition led by the Congress Party, but oppose privatisation plans and other reforms.
		Indian air force personnel will be deployed to major airports to replace air traffic controllers and other key services.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/south_asia/4292164.stm (293 words)

	Centre of Indian Trade Unions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Centre of Indian Trade Unions, a national central trade union federation in India.
		The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and toiling classes of India.
		This article related to an Indian trade union is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Centre_of_Indian_Trade_Unions (122 words)

	India Protest
		-- A wide spectrum of individuals and organisations including activists from all the Indian central trade unions, people's movements and citizens' groups came together today in a peaceful and colorful protest against the US Government's decision to allow the US Navy and Federal Maritime Administration to export their toxic-laden ships to India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
		Members of the Basel Action Network of India and Greenpeace are considering highlighting the issue of shipbreaking and continued violations of Indian rules by US and other OECD-nation companies in the upcoming Fourth Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention scheduled to be held in Malaysia in February.
		Basel Action Network of India is a network of Indian organizations workingto ensure a clean, healthy and toxic-free environment for all living beings and further the cause of environmental justice.
	www.ban.org /ban_news/indian_protest.html (502 words)

	Indian working class flexes its muscles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It was called by the central trade unions and industrial federations, and was total in West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura.
		The CITU, the All-India Trade Union Congress, the All- India Central Council of Trade Unions, the Trade Union Coordination Centre, the United Trade Union Centre and the UTUC (LS) backed the strike.
		The Indian bourgeoisie was worried about the implications of the strike that, in essence, challenged its right to rule.
	www.marxist.com /indian-working-class-muscles080304.htm (2002 words)

	World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Indian television stations dubbed the walkout - called to protest a host of reforms including privatisation, moves to consolidate weaker banks, foreign investment and easier hire-and-fire laws - the "mother of all strikes."
		A union statement said the walkout was the first step in a fight against the "neo-liberal economic policy of reckless privatisation and liberalisation" of the Congress-led government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
		Trading volumes, however, were thin as few dealers turned up at state-owned banks.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/10/01/wld01.htm (591 words)

	Daily Excelsior...Business
		Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) along with four leading unions has opposed the Vajpayee Government’s second generation reforms, specially opening up of banking and insurance sectors, and plans a nationwide protest, a senior Trade Union leader has said.
		CITU general secretary M K Pandhe told reporters that his organisation will join hands with four other labour unions-Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Hind Mazdoor Panchayat (HMP) and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) to strengthen bargaining power of labour force in the country and fight for their cause.
		Indian Oil Corporation would hit both the domestic and overseas market to offload upto 12 per cent of Government equity in the corporation subject to market conditions, he said at the Economic Editors Conference here.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /99nov18/busi.htm (2829 words)

	Netguruindia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		AITUC, the oldest TU centre in India, was the one, splitting which all the trade unions such as the Indian National Trade Union Congress, Hind Mazdoor Sabha and United Trades Union Congress were born in the late 1940s.
		It may be recalled that the late B T Ranadive, founder-president of the CITU in his last years, gave a call for a confederation of all central trade unions.
		There is a difference between the formation of a confederation and the reunification of central trade unions.
	www.netguruindia.com /news/Mar01/04/EDI1.html (483 words)

	CIOL : News : Industry sees red as CITU plans IT workers' union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		BANGALORE: The Centre for Indian Trade Unions' (CITU) move to form a nationwide union for IT and BPO workers have evoked mixed response from the industry.
		He expressed fear that such a union would prevent the BPO industry from taking shape as the trade unions have a conservative outlook.
		The CITU had said that workers' union would address the grievances of those working in the IT and BPO sectors.
	www.ciol.com /content/search/showarticle1.asp?artid=75883 (494 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		CPM and CPI have been soft on the need for trade unions in it sector than their own trade unions.
		While Dasgupta was emphatic after the trade union session, Raja merely said that if it employees wanted they could form unions.
		CITU chief MK Pandhe called on the workers, the trade unionists and the Left parties to work together to “oppose the economic slavery unleashed by the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank.” Dasgupta added that the trade unions were not against reforms as long as more jobs are created.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main15.asp?filename=Ne121705unions_look.asp (413 words)

	Millions Strike Against Privatization
		The strike was called by trade unions including the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and the Hind Mazdoor Sabha, who claimed about 40 million workers were participating in the walk-out.
		The government may not want to annoy the trade unions in the run up to national elections next year, he said.
		The government has said labour reforms are needed to allow Indian industry to compete with countries such as China.
	www.indiaresource.org /news/2003/4183.html (555 words)

	DNA - India - IT unites against trade unions - Daily News & Analysis
		Chittabrata Majumdar, general secretary of the Centre for Indian Trade Unions, said unions are needed in the sector because IT firms are violating the country’s labour laws and denying employees their rights.
		The IT hub is already home to the Indian arm of Union Network International (UNI), a loose network of 600 unions around the world, which has wooed nearly 500 workers in BPOs and software firms.
		What is worrisome for Kerala is that the introduction of trade unionism in the IT sector is being suggested at a time when the proposed Rs15 billion ($333 million) Smart City project, to be built by Dubai Internet City in Kochi, is in the final stages of negotiation.
	www.dnaindia.com /report.asp?NewsID=7480 (615 words)

	Oil Unions Oppose HPCL, BPCL Sale
		Twenty-six unions representing employees of the two oil companies, under the banner of the National United Forum against privatisation of oil PSUs, are being joined by unions from ONGC, IndianOil and Gail, to protest against the disinvestment of the oil companies.
		Speaking to the press just before a convention of the unions in Mumbai, Swadesh Dev Roye, secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) said they are completely opposed to the anti-national and suicidal policy of the government.
		Citing figures, union representatives said HPCL and BPCL contributed Rs 21,750 crore as various taxes and dividend in '01-02, amounting to about 23% of their turnover.
	www.indiaresource.org /news/2003/4004.html (456 words)

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