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The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) has demanded that the nationalist minimum wage beryllium fixed astatine ₹26,000 per month, arsenic portion of a solution adopted astatine its nationalist assembly gathering successful Thrissur connected Tuesday.
The assembly urged the authorities to strictly adhere to the norms recommended by the 15th Indian Labour Conference and guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court of India portion determining minimum wages. It besides called for the withdrawal of moves to present a little “floor wage” successful the sanction of attracting investments.
The solution stressed the request to represent State-level tripartite minimum wage advisory committees and clasp regular consultations with commercialized unions connected wage policies and labour issues. It besides demanded strict enactment against employers violating minimum wage laws.
Reaffirming its committedness to protecting labour rights, the AITUC said it would proceed to propulsion for the implementation of need-based minimum wages arsenic guaranteed nether the Constitution.
Strategic sectors
The assembly sharply criticised the Centre’s privatisation policies pursued nether the “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan,” alleging that they favour firm and overseas backstage interests astatine the outgo of nationalist assemblage growth. It warned that strategical sectors specified arsenic ember mining, pharmaceuticals, powerfulness generation, atomic energy, abstraction research, aviation and ports were progressively being opened to backstage players.
According to the resolution, specified policies could deepen inequality, summation unemployment and pb to terms rise, portion enabling firm dominance successful cardinal sectors.
The AITUC nationalist assembly besides decided to organise nationwide protests against what it termed “anti-people and anti-worker policies” of the government.
