Even on Health and Safety related matters, the Code has so articulated the provisions as the workers and their unions cannot assert their opinions and rights for proper enforcement or establish the accountability of the employers for violation of even the basic health and safety provisions which is a common and daily phenomenon in the workplaces across the sectors throughout the country leading to loss of lives and disabling injuries almost every day.
On 23.07.2019, the Central Government, by its brute majority in the Parliament, passed the hated Motor Vehicles Bill, opposed with stupendous strikes by transport workers federations through out the country since 2014, making it into an Act. This is a clear indication of how undemocratically the BJP Government will work, in spite of all the declarations of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas”.
The CTUs condemn such anti-worker moves of the Government and call upon the workers, their unions and federations, irrespective of affiliations, to observe 2nd August, 2019, with countrywide united protest and raise the demand to withdraw the proposed anti-worker legislations, ignoring all norms of international labour standards.
The CTUs also call upon the Members of Parliament to oppose these undemocratic methods used by the ruling party to bulldoze anti-worker legislations, bypassing tripartism and normal legislative procedure.
