CITU organizes May Day - 2010 for Unorganized Workers

01.05.10 Mangalore : ‘One cannot find any country where workers do not face any problems and harassment, said B Madhava, state president, CITU, speaking at the ‘ May Day’ organized by CITU at Town Hall on May 1, Saturday.

Speaking as the main speaker on the occasion, he also said that even to the present day, the workers at the government office are working for more than 12 hours which is against the law.

Most of the workers are losing their job since the government is appointing the out contractors. Above 90 percent of the contractors do not consist of license, hence the workers working under them are not given any governmental facilities, he added.

If the government implements National Manufacturing Investment Zone in the country, there will be no trade unions are done and many of them will lose job opportunities. Later the companies will start the hire and fire rule against the workers.

Sunil Kumar Bajal, city secretary, CPI(M), compered the programme. Venugopal Nambiar, Yashwanth Maroli, Gurucharan Rao, Muneer Katipalla, Raghavendra Rao, Jalendra Kumar, CITU district leader J Balakrishna Shetty and Vasanth Achary were present on the dais.

The workers along with the guest and leaders of various organizations led to the venue with the attractive procession.