Tag: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
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Reform without a human face
Workers must be empowered and not robbed of their rights, argues Alok Ray.
May 26, 2020 -
TUs slam ‘fixed term employment’ notification
Major national trade unions on Thursday condemned the government’s notification of “fixed term employment,” which they said, would make all employment insecure, and reduce workers’ provident fund, gratuity and pension payments. The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said the Modi government had allowed fixed term employment of workers by passing an amendment to the …
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March 23, 2018 -
In-house dismay
All governments are averse to criticism, the present one is no exception. It is customary for them to cry out “politically motivated” when rejecting any negative suggestions about their functioning. It will, therefore, be interesting to note how the NDA reacts to the protest march being planned in the Capital on Friday by the RSS-affiliated …
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November 17, 2017 -
RSS-linked BMS slams ‘Harvard-educated’ govt advisers
RSS-linked Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh has slammed “Harvard University-educated” economic advisers on various government bodies, saying they have had no connection to the ground realities in India. The BMS also said that the BJP-led Union government should stop disinvestment in the public sector. Addressing a press conference after the conclusion of a two-day meeting of BMS …
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October 8, 2017 -
Government taking economy in wrong direction: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
Coming down heavily on the government for taking the economy into a “wrong direction”, an RSS-affiliated labour organisation on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “retract from the present reform process” and stop laying “excess thrust” on jobless growth that has resulted in mounting unemployment. Saji Narayanan, National President of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, …
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September 27, 2017 -
‘Government violates labour laws’
Virjesh Upadhyay, 55, was reelected as general secretary of India’s largest national trade union, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), for a second three-year term at its triennial session in May. BMS has been India’s No 1 union for over 18 years now, and has a membership of 1.75 crore workers. The Kanpur triennial of the union …
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June 9, 2017 -
Public transport, trucks off the road in Kerala
The movement of commuters and goods in Kerala was hit on Friday as a 24-hour strike called on by the Coordination Committee of Motor Transport Vehicles' Organisation began at midnight. The strike has been called to protest against what is termed the indiscriminate hike of insurance premium and other fees, besides the decision by the …
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March 31, 2017 -
Public transport, trucks off the road in Kerala
The movement of commuters and goods in Kerala was hit on Friday as a 24-hour strike called on by the Coordination Committee of Motor Transport Vehicles' Organisation began at midnight. The strike has been called to protest against what is termed the indiscriminate hike of insurance premium and other fees, besides the decision by the …
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March 31, 2017 -
BMS hails hike in minimum wages in Delhi
The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh has welcomed the Delhi Lt Governor’s orders to enforce revised minimum wages for workers in the Capital. In a statement on Saturday, the BMS said the revision of the minimum wages was pending for a long time. The Lt Governor’s orders to revise the wages, in keeping with the recommendation of …
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March 4, 2017 -
BMS ‘guilty’ too?
Inviting a broadside from the Prime Minister, finance minister etc have been those who have queried the efficacy of demonetisation, and have refrained from going ga-ga over Arun Jaitley’s budgetary formulation and proposals. Obviously, perhaps justifiably, the heavy weaponry has been used to blast political critics. While the “debate” has been decidedly un-parliamentary, one message …
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February 10, 2017