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The CITU is preparing a charter of demands to instrumentality guardant its agitation against alleged privatisation of education, wellness and occupation sectors, says its All-India Executive Committee subordinate Ch. Narasinga Rao.
Addressing the media on with State president A.V. Nageswara Rao, astatine the 18th All-India CITU Conference present connected Saturday, Mr. Narasinga Rao said 55 delegates had discussed the problems faced by the workers, portion 52 delegates discussed the alternatives to the existing labour policies during the conference.
They said the Left party-led authorities successful Kerala was moving a insubstantial mill that had been projected to beryllium privatised by the BJP-led Central government. The authorities successful Kerala had besides stopped the connection to privatise an airdrome by approaching the court.
“The speakers astatine the league person fixed a telephone to the CITU to combat for a pro-people and anti-corporate policies successful the States,” Mr. Narasinga Rao said.
Meanwhile, the league passed a solution seeking steps to forestall concern accidents and remedial steps to code deterioration of workplace information standards.
Expressing interest implicit the nonaccomplishment of lives successful concern accidents, the solution demanded thorough information audits successful each high-risk sectors, with transparency of findings. It besides demanded that the workers’ close to garbage unsafe enactment beryllium recognised. It besides sought enactment of information committees successful each factories and enactment places.
Another solution was passed demanding a cosmopolitan pension of not little than ₹5,000 per period to the aged population, scrapping of the NPS/UPS, and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme.
Further, the league passed a solution opposing the Privatisation of Electricity and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill-2025, terming it arsenic “anti-people, anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-federal.”
It besides opposed each forms of privatisation, franchising, plus monetisation, and PPPs successful energy generation, transmission and distribution. The conscionable besides opposed the fixing of prepaid astute meters, and sought extortion and strengthening of nationalist assemblage energy utilities.
The CITU reaffirmed the necessity of cross-subsidy and cosmopolitan work obligations, called for reduced tariffs, strengthening nationalist investment, improved ratio without occupation losses, and vigor information successful the nationalist interest.
