NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS
28th
September 2018, Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi
Press Release
28/09/2018
Central Trade Unions call for
Nationwide General Strike on 8th and 9th January
2019
National Convention
of Workers decides to go for Nationwide General Strike on 8-9 January 2019
against the anti-people, anti-worker, anti-national policies of the BJP-led NDA
Government.
The National Convention of Workers held today, the 28th September
2018, in Mavlankar Hall, New Delhi, decided to go for two days’ Nationwide
General Strike on 8-9 January 2019 against the anti-people, anti-worker,
anti-national policies of the BJP-led NDA Government.
The
convention was jointly called by the ten Central Trade Unions (INTUC,
AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC,TUCC, AICCTU, SEWA, LPF, UTUC), in association with
all independent National Federations of Workers and Employees, of both
Industrial and Service sectors, Central Government and State Government
employees, including Railways, Defense, Health, Education, Water, Post, Scheme
Workers etc; in the public sector undertaking such as Banks, Insurance,
Telecom, Oil, Coal, Public Transport etc, Factories, and from the unorganised
sectors-Construction, Beedi, Street vendors, Domestic Workers, Migrant Workers,
Scheme workers, Home based workers, rickshaw, auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers,
agricultural workers etc., expresses serious concern over the deteriorating
situation in the national economy due to the pro- corporate, anti-national and
anti-people policies pursued by the Central Government and some of the States
ruled by the BJP, grievously impacting the livelihood of the working people
across the country.
The
Presidium of the Convention consisted of Ashok Singh, Ramendra Kumar, S. N.
Pathak, K. Hemlata, R. K. Sharma, Probir Banerjee, Lata, Santosh Rai and Shatrujeet Singh.
Dr. Sanjeeva Reddy (INTUC), Amarjeet Kaur (AITUC), Harbhajan Singh Sidhu (HMS), Tapan Sen (CITU), Satyavan (AIUTUC), G.R.Shivshankar (TUCC), Manali Shah
(SEWA), Rajeev Dimri (AICCTU), Sanmugham (LPF), Ashok Ghosh (UTUC) addressed
the Convention. Shivgopal Mishra( AIFR) and Guman Singh (NFIR) also addressed
the convention.
The Convention noted with utter dismay that
the Government has been continuing to arrogantly ignore the 12 point Charter of
Demands on minimum wage, universal social security, workers’ status and
including pay and facilities for the scheme workers, against privatization of
public and government sector including financial sectors and mass scale
contractorisation, ratification of ILO Convention 87, 98 etc. being jointly
pursued by the entire trade union movement of the country. The ILO Convention
177 on Home Work and 189 on Domestic Work are also yet not ratified.
The Convention expressed its grave concern on
scraping of hard-won 44 Central Labour Laws and replacing them with 4
employer-friendly Labour Codes and introduction of Fixed Term Employment
through executive order. The Convention also expressed its anguish over New
Pension Scheme and demand restoration of the old Pension Scheme. The Convention
expresses solidarity with the fighting farmers and the Transport Workers of
Rajasthan who are on an indefinite strike since 16th September,
2018.
This National Convention of Workers recorded
its strong denunciation against the communal and divisive machinations on the
society being carried on with the active patronage of the Government machinery.
The BJP Governments are using draconian UAPA, NSA as well as the agencies of
CBI, NIA, IT to harass and suppress any dissenting opinions. The peace
loving secular people in the country are facing a stark situation of terror and
insecurity all around. Working Class will raise its strong voice of protest.
In order to serve the interests of the
multinational companies with Indian corporate, the present Government is
pursuing blatantly anti-people, anti-workers and anti-national policies at the
cost of severely damaging the national economy and destroying its indigenous
productive and manufacturing capabilities. Such a regime must be defeated
squarely to force the pro-people changes in policies on all fronts. This united
platform of the working class resolves to heighten its struggle to that end.
The National Convention of workers adopted
the following programmes:
1. State level, district
level and industry/sector level joint conventions to be held during
October/November 2018
2. Joint Industry-level
gate meetings, rallies etc. during November and December,2018
3. Submission of strike
notice jointly with demonstrations during 17-22 December, 2018
4. Two days countrywide
General Strike on 8th and 9th January 2019.
The National Convention
called upon working people across the sectors and throughout the country
irrespective of affiliations, independent unions, federations, associations to
make the above programmes a total success.
(Declaration attached)
Issued by
A R Sindhu
Secretary,CITU
9968312406
Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)
B. T. Ranadive Bhawan, 13 A, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-
110 002
Phone nos 91-11-23221288,23221306, Fax- 91-11-23221284
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