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CITU flays Centre for ‘unilateral’ amendments in labour laws
New Delhi, Aug 1:
Trade unions are upset with the Narendra Modi Government for what they
term as ‘unilateral’ and ‘undemocratic’ moves to amend key labour laws.
In a letter to labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, the General
Secretary of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Rajya Sabah MP,
Tapan Sen, protested against the move of the Government to amend labour
laws despite “concrete assurance for prior consultation with trade
unions.”
He said trade unions came to know through newspaper reports that the
Government was going to bring about number of Bills for amendment of
various labour laws viz., The Factories Act, The Apprenticeship Act, The
Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns & Maintenance of
Registers by Certain Establishments) Amendment Bill etc.
“….in your meeting with central trade unions held on 24th June, all the
unions demanded detailed and prior consultation with the trade unions on
the matter before finalisation of any proposal of amendment of labour
laws directly affecting workers…. you had kindly assured our
representatives in that matter. But no such consultation has yet taken
place reflecting an undemocratic unilateralism on the part of Government
in the matter,” says the letter.
Sen said similar unilateralism was reflected in the matter of dissolving
the industrial tripartite committees in plantations, road transport,
sales promotion employees etc without taking any action in
reconstituting the same.
Pointing out “similar unilateral action” on the part of the Government
of Rajasthan in bringing about Bills to amend the Industrial Disputes
Act, Factories Act,
Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act etc., he said this
would take out a large section of industrial establishments and their
workers from the purview of any labour laws.
Sen urged the Labour Minister to intervene so that his Government
implements decisions taken by consensus arrived at bipartite and
tripartite levels.
(This article was published on August 1, 2014)
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