INDIAN NATIONAL TRADE UNION CONGRESS WEST BENGAL

The people of our country especially the working class are facing multifarious challenges due to misuse of Constitution of India, Labour Laws, Enactment of labour Codes, faulty Economic and Industrial Policies adopted by the Central and many State Governments, curtailing the rights of citizens and snatching away the prime existing Labour Laws such as Trade Union Act, 1926 and diluting the Factories Act covering Social Security to the workmen, working both in formal and informal sectors. The Indian Economy is continuously going down and unemployment is sky – touching. The Government of India in most unscientific manner declared Lockdown in the country due to COVID 19 Pandemic in the late March, 2020 and the Prime Minister of India announced Note Bandi (demonetisation) and GST directly affecting the underprivileged class of people, SMEs and Traders engaged in different trades. Due to the pandemic, the workforce were thrown out from their employment and the Migrant Workers were ill-treated by the Industries, State Governments and the bureaucracy resulting in loss of lives, poverty and hunger.

INTUC being the largest free Trade Union Organisation of the World under the leadership of Dr G Sanjeeva Reddy, Ex MP, has been mounting pressure in the Government to extend financial aids to the workmen especially the Migrant workers and the workers working in the informal sector and SMEs but both Central and the State Governments are acting indifferently adding more pains to theworking class at one hand.

The authoritarian attitude and faulty labour and industrial policies adopted by the Government of West Bengal led by Mamata Banerjee created non-congenial atmosphere in the State. Moreover, it has already scared the Investors to invest their Capital in the State due to which there is a flight of unemployed skills and artisans are moving either to another States or to foreign Countries. The present prevailing political situation is chiefly responsible for the current state of affairs. Moreover, Mamata Banerjee is blatantly using Administrative bodies especially the Police Force to terrorize the workers and the workers who want to build movement against the law violators, are being stopped due to reign of the terror created by the goons of the ruling party backed by the State Police.

In order to apprise the civil society, working class and the citizens of India, we, INTUC West Bengal Branch, have decided to install our WEBSITE in the name of the State INTUC which will contain news, views, day-to-day happenings and workers and union activities and their achievements which I hope, will enlighten the people especially the working class. I extend my sincere thanks to Mr Sourav Kundu and his team for devoting his precious time for creating and handling the State INTUC Website.

I shall be looking forward for everybody’s help and co-operation.

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