Honble Minister Sri SNM UBAYATHULLA to distribute social assistance

ICEU, THANJAVUR DIVISION, as part of their social assistance programme, distributes new cloths to 150 inmates of the Leprosy Home at Manaeripatti near Trichy on 30 10 2010 at 3.30 pm.

Hon Minister Sri S.N.M.Ubayathulla will be the chief guest on the occasion to distribute the social assistance.

WFTU Solidarity with Foxconn workers and unionists

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MESSAGE FROM WFTU

WORLD FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS
Athens,25 October 2010
MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY

The World Federation of Trade Unions expresses its utmost solidarity to the struggle of the workers in Foxconn company in India and denounces the arrest of trade union leaders and workers. We demand the immediate release of those still in prison and stop the state violence immediately.

The WFTU supports the militant struggles of trade unionists and workers in Chennai area demanding raises in their salaries, free exercise of their trade union rights and recognition of their trade union, affiliated to CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions).

We strongly condemn the suppression measures, the mass arrests and the intimidation, used by the police, under the orders of the capitalists and the government, to crush the strike of hundreds of workers. The government and the police are working together to offer cheap labor force to the multinationals.

On behalf of the 80 million members of the WFTU representing 120 countries of the world, we demand immediate satisfaction of workers demands. State terrorism and violence against workers who struggle for their trade union and labor rights to stop.

We unite our voice with the voice of workers in Foxconn factory in India who fight against exploitation, against capital and against anti-labor policies.

Once more it is confirmed that in conditions of capitalist barbarism against workers, internationalism and proletarian solidarity are imperative.

தோழர். ஜேக்கப் காலமானார்

கோட்டயம் கோட்டச் சங்க முன்னாள் பொதுச் செயலாளர்
தோழர் ஜேக்கப்

அக் 26 அன்று காலமாகி விட்டார்.

இன்று (அக் 28 ) மாலை 3 மணியளவில் அன்னாரது இறுதி யாத்திரை கோட்டயத்தில் நடைபெற்றது. தோழர் எம் குன்னிக் கிருஷ்ணன் ( தலைவர், தென்மண்டல இன்சூரன்ஸ் ஊழியர் கூட்டமைப்பு)தோழர் சி ரவீந்திரநாதன் ( முன்னாள் தலைவர், தென் மண்டல இன்சூரன்ஸ் ஊழியர் கூட்டமைப்பு ) தோழர் இ எம் ஜோசப் ( முன்னாள் துணைத் தலைவர், தென்மண்டல இன்சூரன்ஸ் ஊழியர் கூட்டமைப்பு) தோழர் ஜி மீனாட்சி சுந்தரம் ( தலைவர், காப்பீட்டுக் கழக ஊழியர் சங்கம் மதுரைக் கோட்டம் ) தோழர் நா சுரேஷ் குமார் ( பொதுச் செயலாளர், மதுரைக் கோட்டம் ) உள்ளிட்ட தலைவர்கள் பங்கேற்று அஞ்சலி செலுத்தினர்.

மதியம் திரளான ஊழியர்கள் பங்கேற்ற இரங்கல் கூட்டம் நடைபெற்றது.

FOXCONN

CITU leaders call on Karunanidhi

Special Correspondent

CHENNAI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP and Central Committee Member T.K. Rangarajan and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) State general secretary A. Soundararajan on Wednesday called on Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to press for allowing trade union rights in multi-national companies.

Mr. Rangarajan, who is also the national vice-president of the CITU, told The Hindu that he discussed with the Chief Minister the issue of allowing the formation of trade unions in Hyundai and Foxconn and the need for resolving the Neyveli contract workers' problem. He said it was the right of workers to form unions.

"COMMON WEALTH" NOT FOR DALITS

"We were left in the jungle,
listening to all the
animal voices around us.
A lot of tension,
a lot of stress.
We were crying all the time"

Best estimates suggest somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 Dalit (lower-class) families have had their homes destroyed in connection with the Games.

Dinesh Kumar, 46, was forced to stand in the street with his wife and three children and watch the work of the Delhi Development Corporation (DDA) bulldozers. "There was no prior notice," he explains. "They came with police and demolished our homes within minutes. We were given nothing at all."

Research by the Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN) shows almost £100m have been diverted from poverty reduction projects for Delhi's three million slum dwellers toward extra funding for building stadia.

Excerpts from " COMMON WEALTH GAMES: IS DELHI STILL DREAMING?" writeup - courtesy: www.streetnewsservice.org

LIC EMPLOYEES TO STAGE ONE HOUR WALKOUT STRIKE AGAINST INTRODUCTION OF NEW PENSION SCHEME ON OCT 20TH, 2010 AT 12.00 NOON, IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL GIVEN BY THE ALL INDIA INSURANCE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION ( AIIEA) , THE BIGGEST TRADE UNION HAVING AROUND ONE LAC MEMBERSHIP IN INSURANCE INDUSTRY.

CITU - SYMBOL OF STRUGGLE

LET US RAISE OUR VOICE AGAINST
REPRESSIVE MEASURES OF THE TN GOVT
ON FOX CONN STRUGGLE

FOXCONN STRUGGLE

Tamilnadu

After Hyundai, now it is Foxconn

A Militant Struggle in SEZ

S P Rajendran

IGNORING the threats of the ruling party goons, continuous repression and attacks of the police and all kinds of anti worker measures of the management, the workers of Foxconn India, a multinational company, organised a huge rally in Sriperumpudur carrying red flags on October 10.

Sriperumpudur is a small town in Kanchipuram district near Chennai, having a big special economic zone (SEZ) where the MNCs like Hyundai, Nokia and Foxconn etc are present. The MNCs which are enjoying all facilities including uninterrupted power supply, are not ready to consider the demands of workers like regularisation of work, hike in salary and providing basic amenities at the workplace.

As usual, the Labour Progressive Front (LPF), a trade union wing of the ruling DMK had established its presence in these companies with the help of the managements in order to prevent any other union; but the workers did not accept the collaborative attitude of the LPF with the managements and rejected the union which is misusing the strength of workers.

The workers considered the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) as their own union and raised the red flag. Nearly three years ago, the employees and workers of Hyundai Motors India formed a union under the banner of CITU and organised powerful struggles against the repressive measures and these struggles inspired the workers of other companies like Nokia, Foxconn India and others in the SEZ.

Foxconn India is a mobile phone accessory maker. It is part of the Taiwan based Foxconn Technology Group worth 1.7 billion US dollars. After Hyundai Motor India and Nokia India, it is the third largest industrial employer in the SEZ with nearly 9000 workers. Among them, only 1400 are regular workers and more than 6000 are designated as casuals, trainers and probationers.

After the fraudulent attitude of the ruling party’s labour union, more than 6000 workers formed a union under the red flag of CITU.

The CITU led union has been demanding recognition of the union and discussion on increasing the wages. Workers enmasse had organised a demonstration in front of the factory on September 21 and had gone on strike on September 22. After an assurance of discussions with the union on their demands by the management, they had gone back to work on 23rd. But the management on September 23 announced that an agreement has been reached with the LPF union which has got no following among the workers and details will be announced later. They also suspended 23 leading workers and also declared a wage cut of eight days’ wages for the strike on September 22. The workers have been forced to go on a strike again from September 24.

LABOUR DEPT’S

SILENCE

It was evident that the management of Foxconn had wrote to the labour department a month back on August 24 to ascertain the majority union in the factory so that the issues can be settled with them, but the labour department and the DMK government were not prepared to accept a democratic process. The management had also fallen in line and they wanted to foist a union led by the ruling party on the workers, but workers were not prepared to accept that.

With this background, the DMK government instead of addressing the issues properly through the labour department is unleashing repressive measures using the police and the goons of the ruling party.

While continuing the struggle militantly, the workers and the CITU Kanchipuram district committee decided to open an office at the town for the union. For this, a small building was taken on rent. The preparations were also made to open the office on October 10. But the ruling party goons met the building owner and publicly warned him not to give the building to the CITU for rent and threatened him with further repercussions.

In the meanwhile, the police entered the premises of Foxconn company, on October 9 where the workers were on a sit-in-protest and arrested A Soundararajan, CITU state general secretary and E Muthukumar, district secretary of CITU and the main organiser of the workers in the SEZ and hundreds of workers. Later 319 workers along with A Soundararajan, and E Muthukumar were immediately remanded to Vellore central jail.

Despite the arrest of leaders and workers and the threats of the ruling party goons, on October 10, more than 3000 workers, mostly youth, rallied on the roads of Sriperumpudur with red flags and shouted 'CITU zindbad'.

The CITU office was opened at the conclusion of the rally. V Meenakshi Sundaram, senior leader of CPI (M) and the editor of the Marxist, Tamil ideological monthly inaugurated the CITU office. State and district leaders attended the meeting.

The struggle of Foxconn workers has exposed the ruling DMK’s totally anti-worker attitude, intolerance towards working class struggles and its unleashing of attacks on the right to form unions and democratic rights of working class.

RESPONSE FROM Com S Raman GS ICEU VELLORE

S.Raman,Vellore has left a new comment on your post "Thanks to TNUEF & THE HINDU" :ON REMOVAL OF FENCE BARRING ENTRY FOR DALIT COLONY

It ia yet another significant intervention by TNUEF. Though some of the issues are there in many parts of the State, it gets the focus immediately when TNUEF intervenes. That is the Impact created by the relentless, uncompromising struggles of TNUEF.

Thanks to TNUEF & THE HINDU

Fence blocking road to Dalit colony

in Krishnagiri removed

Staff Reporter

There was no resistance from caste Hindus, who watched the operation

Swift action:The barbed wire fencing blocking the approach road to the Dalit colony in Ittikkal Agaram village, near Krishnagiri, being removed under the supervision of Revenue officials on Friday.

KRISHNAGIRI: The barbed wire fence that was erected a few days ago blocking the approach road to a Dalit colony at Ittikkal Agaram village in Krishnagiri district was removed by Revenue department officials on Friday.

Following a report in The Hindu, the district administration acted swiftly and removed the fence amidst tight security.

Collector V. Arun Roy visited the spot and heard the grievances of the people and directed the department to immediately remove the fence and pave the way for the Dalits. Oor Gounder (village leader), Nagaraj, told the Collector that the fence was erected by him on request from the Headmistress of the Panchayat Union Primary School in Ittikkal Agaram.

Revenue Officials led by A. Noor Mohamed, Revenue Divisional Officer, and Tahsildhar P.M. Rajagopal and BDOs removed the fence. There was no resistance from caste Hindus, who watched the removal of the wire and stone pillars by workers.

In a release issued in the evening, Mr. Roy warned that stringent action would be initiated against those encroaching pathways and common places.

D. Ravindran, CPI (M) district secretary, thanked Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi for his swift action in response to the announcement of direct action to remove the road block by S.K. Mahendran, Perambur MLA of the party.

RELATED NEWS IN THEEKATHIR-15 10 2010

முள்வேலிக்குள் தலித் குடும்பம் அகரம் இட்டிக்கலில் வன்கொடுமை:
கே.மகேந்திரன் எம்எல்ஏ புகார்

கிருஷ்ணகிரி, அக். 14-

இட்டிக்கல் அகரம் கிரா மத்தில் தொடரும் ஒடுக்கு முறையின் விளைவாக தலித் மக்களின் பயன்பாட்டில் இருந்து பொதுக்கிணறு, பாதை, வழிபாட்டுத் தலத் தைச் சுற்றி வளைத்து ஆதிக்க சக்திகள் முள்வேலி அமைத்துள்ளனர். வியாழ னன்று(அக்.14) இவற்றை பார்வையிட்ட மார்க்சிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சியின் சட்ட மன்ற உறுப்பினர் கே. மகேந் திரன் உள்ளிட்ட குழுவினர் உடனடியாக முள்வேலி அகற்றப்பட வேண்டும் என கோட்டாட்சியரிடம் வலி யுறுத்தினர்.

கிருஷ்ணகிரி வட்டம் இட்டிக்கல் அகரம் கிராமத் தில் தலித் மக்களுக்கு 1976 ஆம் ஆண்டு சுமார் 186 ஏக் கர் நிலத்தை சாகுபடிக்கென தமிழக அரசு வழங்கியது. புல எண் 73/4, 167 உள்ள இந்த நிலம் அரசு ஆவணங் களில் தாழ்த்தப்பட்டோ ருக்கு ஒதுக்கப்பட்டதாக வும் பதிவானது. மொத்தம் 62 குடும்பங்கள் பாதிக்கப் பட்டன. இவற்றில் 3 தலித் குடும்பங்கள் மட்டும் பல் வேறு போராட்டங்களை சந்தித்து நிலத்தை தக்க வைத்துள்ளன. 59 குடும்பங் கள் கிராமத்திலுள்ள ஆதிக்க சக்திகளால் நிலத்திலிருந்து விலக்கி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள னர். பின்னர் நிலத்தை ஆக் கிரமித்து தலித் அல்லாதோர் அனுபவித்து வருகின்றனர்.

பாதிக்கப்பட்ட தலித் குடும்பத்தினர் 2004ஆம் ஆண்டு மாவட்ட நிர்வாகத் திடம் முறையிட்டதைத் தொடர்ந்து மாற்று இட மாக புல எண் 17812-ல் சாகு படி செய்ய அனுமதிக்கப் பட்டனர். 2006ஆம் ஆண்டு வன நிர்ணய அலுவலர் இந்நிலங்களை ஆய்வு செய்து இந்நிலங்களில் உள்ள சாகு படியாளர்களுக்கு பட்டா வழங்கலாம் என மாவட்ட நிர்வாகத்திற்கு அறிக்கை அளித்துள்ளார். ஆனால் நீதிமன்றத்தின் மூலம் தற் போது ஒரு தடையாணை பெற்றுள்ள வனத்துறையி னர், சாகுபடி செய்வதை தடுத் துள்ளனர். இச்சம்பவங் களின் பின்னணி யில் வனக் குழு தலைவரான நாகராஜ் இருந்து வருவதாக தலித் மக்கள் கூறுகின்றனர். இவர் இக்கிராமத்தின் ஊர் கவுண் டராக இருந்து கொண்டு தலித் மக்களுக்கு எதிரான ஒடுக்குமுறைகளுக்கும் தலைமை தாங்குகிறார்.

நாகராஜ் தலைமையி லான ஒரு கும்பல் கடந்த வாரம் தலித் மக்கள் வசிக் கும் பகுதியிலுள்ள, அவர் கள் பயன்பாட்டில் இருந்த பொது இடங்களை ஆக்கிர மித்து முள்வேலி அமைந் துள்ளது. இதுகுறித்து மாவட்ட ஆட்சியரிடம் திங்களன்று (அக்.11) குறை தீர்க்கும் நாள் கூட்டத்தில் மனு கொடுத்துள்ளனர். இந்நிலையில் மார்க்சிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சியின் சார் பில் மகேந்திரன் எம்.எல்.ஏ, மாவட்டச் செயலாளர் டி. ரவீந்திரன், வட்டச் செயலா ளர் ஜி.கே. நஞ்சுண்டன், ஆர். சங்கர், பெரியசாமி ஆகியோரைக் கொண்ட குழு வியாழனன்று இட்டிக் கல் அகரம் கிராமத்திற்கு சென்றது. முள்வேலி அமைக் கப்பட்டுள்ள நிலத்தையும், அதன் ஆவணங்களையும் பார்வையிட்டனர். பாதிக் கப்பட்ட மக்களை சந்தித்து விசாரித்தனர். பின்னர் வரு வாய் கோட்டாட்சியர் ஏ. நூர் முகமதுவை சந்தித்தனர்.

முள்வேலி உடனடியாக அகற்றப்பட வேண்டும், இட்டிக்கல் அகரத்தில் வன் கொடுமைகளுக்கு காரண மான நபர்கள் கைது செய் யப்பட வேண்டும் என்று வலியுறுத்தினார்கள்.

RELATED NEWS IN THE HINDU 15 10 2010

Fence blocks road to Dalit colony in Krishnagiri R. Arivanantham CPI (M) plans to remove fence if no action is taken Allegation of caste Hindus indulging in violence CPI(M) MLA K. Mahendran at the fence erected by locals blocking the road to a Dalit Colony at Ittikkal Agaram , near Krishnagiri, on Thursday. CPI(M) district secretary D. Ravindran is in the picture. KRISHNAGIRI: An approach road to a Dalit colony in Ittikkal Agaram village, 15 km from Krishnagiri, has been blocked with a barbed wire fence by a section of people. According to the people in the colony, the fence was erected by the locals with the support of the ‘Ooor Goundar' (Village Leader). The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is planning to engage in direct action to remove the fence, party MLA S. K. Mahendran, announced on Thursday. After visiting the colony, Mr. Mahendran told The Hindu that if the authorities failed to remove the fence within a week, the party cadres will tear it down and clear the way for the Dalits, who, he said, faced oppression in many ways at the hands of the local caste Hindus. The practice of village leader controlling things in the district was a matter of shame, he said. Only elected bodies should have control over common issues . The district administration and the police should bring an end to this system of extra-judicial authority, he said. He also said caste Hindus were indulging in violence against the Dalits by not allowing them to do farming on the land allotted to them by the district administration. Mr. Mahendran along with D. Ravindran, District Secretary of the CPI (M), met Revenue Divisional Officer A. Noor Mohamed and urged him to remove the fence. The RDO promised to take appropriate action after verifying the documents and survey the land within two days.

ஃபாக்ஸ்கான் அடக்குமுறைக்கு எதிராக ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்

இன்று சென்னை எல் ஐ சி அண்ணாசாலை மண்டல அலுவலகம் மற்றும் சென்னை அண்ணா நகர், வேலூர், கோயம்பத்தூர், சேலம், தஞ்சாவூர், மதுரை, திருநெல்வேலி கோட்ட அலுவலகங்கள் முன்பாகவும் பாக்ஸ்கான் போராட்டத்தின் மீது தொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ள அடக்குமுறையை கண்டித்து ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்கள் நடைபெற்றுள்ளன. தென் மண்டல இன்சூரன்ஸ் ஊழியர் கூட்டமைப்பு இதற்கான வேண்டுகோளை விடுத்திருந்தது.

தொழிற்சங்க உரிமைகளை பறிக்கிற முயற்சிகளை கைவிடுமாறும். தலைவர்கள் மீது போடப்பட்டுள்ள வழக்குகளை திரும்பப்பெற்று அவர்களை விடுதலை செய்யுமாறும் கோருகிற தந்திகள் எல்லா எல் ஐ சி கிளைச் சங்கங்களிடம் இருந்து தமிழக முதல்வருக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளது.

சென்னை மண்டல அலுவலகத்தின் முன்பு நடந்தேறிய ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்தில் சென்னை கோட்ட பொதுச் செயலாளர் எஸ்.ரமேஷ் குமார் உரை ஆற்றினார்.


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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:34:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [SZIEF] New comment on ஃபாக்ஸ்கான் அடக்குமுறைக்கு எதிராக ஆர்ப்பாட்டம்

"தொழிலாளர் தோழன் நான்தான், பெரியார், அண்ணாவை
சந்திக்காவிட்டால் நானும் கம்யுனிஸ்டாக இருந்திருப்பேன்,
மேதினத்திற்காக விடுமுறை விட்டவன் நான்தான், மேதினப்பூங்கா
அமைத்தவன் நான்தான்"
இதெல்லாம் அவர் வழக்கமாக பீற்றிக் கொள்வது. அவர் கம்யூனிஸ்டாக
மாறாமல் போனது ஒரு நல்ல விஷயம். அப்படியே இருந்திருந்தாலும்
என்றோ அவர் திருப்பூர் ஆசாமி போல ஓடிப் போயிருப்பார்.
பாக்ஸ்கான் தொழிற்சாலைப் பிரச்சினையிலும் சரி
என்.எல்.சி ஒப்பந்த ஊழியர் போராட்டத்திலும்சரி
திமுகவின் தொ.மு.ச தனது கருங்காலி குணாம்சத்தின்படியே
நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கிறது.

ஐக்கிய முற்போக்குக் கூட்டணி அரசின் முதல் ஆட்சிக்காலத்தில்
என்.எல்.சி நிறுவனத்தின் பங்குகளை விற்க முயற்சி நடந்தபோது
அனைத்து தொழிற்சங்கங்களும் ஒன்றிணைந்து போராடினார்கள்.
பங்குகளை தொழிலாளிகளுக்கு விற்கலாம் என ஆலோசனை வழங்கினார்
கருணாநிதி.

ஆனால் இந்த ஆலோசனையை ஏற்கமுடியாது என்று வெளிப்படையாகவே
என்.எல்.சி தொ.மு.ச அன்றைய தலைவர் ராஜ வன்னியன் கூற ,
போராட்டத்தில் தொ.மு.ச வும் தொடர்ந்தது. அதன் பின்தான்
அமைச்சரவை விலகல் என திமுக கூற அப்பிரச்சனை முடிவிற்கு வந்தது.
ஆனால் அடுத்து வந்த தொ.மு.ச தேர்தலில் ராஜ வன்னியன் தோற்றுப்
போவதை திமுக தலைமை உறுதி செய்தது. இது நெய்வேலி மக்கள்
அனைவரும் அறிந்த உண்மை.

உரிமைக்காக போராடிய பாக்ஸ்கான் தொழிலாளர்களை,
சி.ஐ.டி.யு வின் தமிழ் மாநிலப் பொதுச்செயலாளர் தோழர் அ.சவுந்தரராஜன் உள்ளிட்ட
தலைவர்களை மீண்டும் மீண்டும்
கைது செய்கிறது பொய் வழக்கு போடுகிறது".
எஸ் ராமன் ,வேலூர்

Com. MANIK SARKAR,

CHIEF MINISTER OF TRIPURA,

TO INAUGURATE

22 nd AIIEA CONFERENCE

IN NEW DELHI

AT RAMLILA MAIDAN

ON 20th NOV 2010.

Profile

Born of a middle class family on January 22, 1949, at Radhakishorepur, South Tripura. Shri Manik Sarkar jumped headlong into the students movement during his early academic career at the turbulent times of the food movement of 1967 against the then Congress government of Tripura. It was his vital and vigorous role in this mass movement that inducted him into the CPI (M) of which he became a member in 1968, when he was a student of the premier educational institution of the state, the M. B. B. College. He had become the General Secretary of M. B. B. College Student’s Union as the SFI nominee and later on also held the post of SFI State Committee Secretary and of Vice President of the all India Committee of SFI in quick succession. He acquired Degree in Commerce from Calcutta University. In 1972, he was elected a member of the CPI (M) State Committee and was inducted into the party state Secretariat in 1978, the year in which the first Left Front government had assumed office. At the 12th Party Congress held in 1985, he became a member of the party Central Committee. His first stint as an MLA started in 1980 when he was elected as a CPI(M) candidate in a bye – election of the State Assembly from Agartala Town constituency and was also entrusted with the charge of the Left Front Chief Whip. Following the assumption of office by the third Left Front government in 1993, he became the State Secretary of the CPI(M) and the State Left Front Convenor. In the Tripura Legislative elections in 1998, he has been elected from the Dhanpur Assembly Constituency under Sonamura Sub – Division, West Tripura. Shri Sarkar became member of the CPI(M) politburo in 1998.

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comments:

Swaminathan K said...

Initiatives like this blog give confidence for anti caste

activists since main stream media is not giving enough

space for struggles against caste discriminations. Most

of the dailies do not give coverages for these agitations.

Sometimes they even distort the reality colliding with vested

interests. Even when they are forced to publish the news

because of massive response to the agitations they cover them

in local pages only. May some exceptions be there. So every

activist has to strive hard to get right inputs and percolate it to

the masses in whatever opportunities available to us.

Shri P Esakkimuthu (retired from LIC on 30 09 2010)

is doing excellent job. Congratulations.

K SWAMINATHAN

October 11, 2010 7:20 PM

INDIAN WOMEN IN CWG

I WAS JUST WATCHING THE REPORTAGE OF COMMON WEALTH GAMES . REALLY IT IS A PROUD MOMENT TO KNOW THAT OUR INDIAN WOMEN HAVE WON ALL THE THREE MEDALS IN DISCUSS THROW EVENT . NEVER BEFORE HAS ANY COUNTRY ACHIEVED THIS FEAT . WHEN THE THREE INDIAN FLAGS WERE FLYING OVER AS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM ECHOED OVER THE STADIUM I FELT A SENSE OF PRIDE, OUR INDIAN WOMEN HAVE DONE THE COUNTRY PROUD BY WINNING ALL 3 MEDALS, AND FIRST GOLD MEDAL IN ATHELETICS AFTER MILKA SINGH HAS WON IN LATE 80'S. KRISHNA POONIA , HARWANT KAUR, ANTIL SEEMA , WE SALUTE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND THE COUNTRY IS PROUD OF U. By k.geetha on RESPONSES at 08:18

TNUEF STATE LEVEL WORKSHOP

At Nagappatinam, Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front is holding classes on 8th and 9th oct 2010 for state level leadership.

Com T Senthilkumar ( Joint secretary,SZIEF) and Com A Kaliyaperumal (President, ICEU. Salem division) are attending on behalf of our organisation

9TH CITU-TN WORKING WOMEN CONFERENCE

Congratulations to Com M Girija

We are happy to inform that Com M Girija, Joint secretary,SZIEF has been elected as joint convenor of CITU-TN working women coordination committee in its 9th state conference held at Erode on 6 th and 7th October 2010.

Her election to the state leadership of working women coordination committee is proud for us and SZIEF congratulates Com M Girija for the new assignment given to her.

Com R S Shenbagam (Tirunelveli) and Com Shanthi ( Namakkal) who attended the conference as the delegates from their respective districts. Com N Anandaselvi Vice President, SZIEF and Com Usha (Tiruchengode) attended as delegates from Life insurance sector. Com N Anandaselvi has been elected as the member of state committee again. Com B Kavimani, ( North Chennai) Com R S Shenbagam ( Tirunelveli) and Shanthi (Namakkal) are elected to the new state committee from their districts.

On 5th a huge rally was carried out in Erode, in which 15 Women comrades of Salem division participated.

SZIEF congratulates all our women comrades who took part in the 9th state conference of the CITU-TN working women coordination commiittee.

CITU women members take out procession

Staff Reporter (COURTESY: THE HINDU- OCT 6,2010)

Ensure trade union rights: A.K. Padmanabhan

— PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN

Expressing solidarity: Members of the Working Women Co-ordination Committee, CITU, taking out a procession in Erode on Tuesday to mark the beginning of their State- level conference.

ERODE: Members of the Working Women Co-ordination Committee of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) took out a massive procession here on Tuesday to mark the beginning of their State- level conference. The procession was led by CITU All India President A.K. Padmanabhan.

Members raised slogans urging the government to ensure eight-hour work for all the women employed in both the government and the private sectors in the State. Concerted efforts should be taken up to curb sexual harassment at work places and provide equal pay for equal work.

The State has over 1.14 crore women working in the government and private sectors.

Of them, over 1 crore women were employed in the unorganised sectors and were facing a number of issues. Despite repeated representations, the government has failed to initiate concrete efforts to sort of the issues faced by the women employees.

The conference would discuss various issues faced by the women at their work places, they added. Later talking to presspersons, Mr. Padmanabhan called upon the State government to initiate concrete efforts to facilitate the recognition of trade unions by the managements of industrial and business establishments.

The State government had earlier made an announcement in this regard in the legislative assembly that it would ensure trade union rights.

The CITU and the left parties would represent this issue again in the legislative assembly and urge the government to ensure that the recognition of trade unions a mandatory for the industrial and business establishments, he said.

Mr. Padmanabhan alleged that the Central government continued to remain silent about the violation of labour laws set by the International Labour Organisation, to which India is a party. The government should initiate steps to protect the welfare of the labourers.

He also wanted the Tamil Nadu government to ensure proper functioning of the welfare boards established for workers.

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CONVENTION ON PEOPLES UNITY & COMMUNAL HARMONY AT SALEM: News from Com R DHARMALINGAM

In connection with the 60th anniversary of AIIEA and also as per the decision of the South Zone Conference, Insurance Corporation Employees Union, Salem Division conducted a Convention on ' Peoples' unity - communal Harmony' at Sunil Maitra Ninaivagam on 4.10.2010 at 5.30 pm to mark the occasion of the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Com R. Anand, Vice President,ICEU, Salem presided over the Convention. Com R. Narasimhan, Treasurer, ICEU, Salem welcomed the gathering and spoke of the simplicity and honesty that was the essential part of Mahatma Gandhi. Com B Vikraman, District Secretary, CITU, Madurai District, who in his special address spoke on how the religion which was sought initially to give solace from life's problems, later became a weapon to be wielded against other religions. He also spoke on how the English who ruled over India practised the policy of divide and rule to full measure in the matter of religion; and of how the one principle steadfastly followed and upheld by Mahatma Gandhi - 'COMMUNALHARMONY', for which he even had to give his life. He also emphasized the need to integrate and unite people under the Trade Union banner to carry forward the struggle for emancipation of the working class.

The audience of over 160 comrades were held spellbound by Com Vikraman's rhetoric which lasted for over an hour. With vote of thanks being proposed by Com R Anand, the Convention came to a close.

OBSERVANCE OF COMMUNAL HARMONY DAY IN TIRUVANATHAPURAM

Communal harmony day was observed in thiruvananthapuram division during lunch hour on 4th october,2010.Com P. Raju,General secretary of the union made the introductory speech.Com. Ganapathy krishnan,SZIEF vice president inagurated the meeting which was well attended by our comrades including pension comrades..In the inaugural speech,comrade Ganapathy mentioned about the increasing communalisation of our society with reference to the latest developments in the Ayodhya case and stressed the relevance of Gandhi"s teachings particularly the need for tolerance,maintaining communal amity,delinking religion with politics,swadeshi ideal,need for prohibition and more social reform in our country.Gandhi is deeply religious but is against the misuse of religion for political ends.The rulers nowadays speak more about Videshi than swadeshi..When we agitates to protect our institution from foreign invasion or globalisation,we are truly following the ideals of Mahatma.
Ganapathykrishnan.

IN THANJAVUR AND SALEM ALSO CONVENTIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.

COMMON WEALTH GAMES- COURTESY: THE HINDU-SENDER: Com GEETHA- KUZHITHURAI