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CITU's working committee meeting to be held from Aug 27-29

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Challenges of economy, labour agitations and labour laws will be among the other issues to be discussed during a three-day all India working committee meeting of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) here this week.

The meeting, slated to take place from August 27-29, will be attended by CITU leaders from across the nation.

"Adverse impact of neo-liberal economic policies followed by the UPA government, rising unnecessary intervention of police and administration in labour agitations, violation of labour laws and other serious issues will be discussed in the meeting," Ravindra Shukla, CITU state president told reporters here today.

Shukla informed that senior leaders of the CITU, the trade union wing of CPI(M), will address sessions of the meeting.
 

Among other issues to be discussed in the meeting are

Social security to all labours of organised and unorganised sectors including pension benefits, no disinvestment of profitable public sector units and no privatisation of financial institutions, ban on FDI, control on skyrocketing inflation and rising unemployment, he added.

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First Published: Aug 25 2013 | 10:15 PM IST

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