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Jamshedpur, Feb. 6: The rival faction of the Tata Workers’ Union (TWU), an Intuc-affiliated union of Tata Steel, today demanded reinstatement of the old executive committee and fresh union poll under the supervision of the state labour department. The opposition camp led by two former union vice-presidents S.N. Singh and Shailesh Singh, who had earlier filed a petition at Jharkhand High Court

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Jamshedpur, Feb. 6: The rival faction of the Tata Workers’ Union (TWU), an Intuc-affiliated union of Tata Steel, today demanded reinstatement of the old executive committee and fresh union poll under the supervision of the state labour department. The opposition camp led by two former union vice-presidents S.N. Singh and Shailesh Singh, who had earlier filed a petition at Jharkhand High Court

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The Supreme Court has warned all the High Courts against entertaining public interest litigation (PIL) petitions for publicity. A Bench of Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice A.K. Mathur said the PIL petition was, no doubt, a very useful handle for redressing the grievances of the people but unfortunately, lately, it had been abused by some interested persons giving it a bad name. "Courts should be

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The Supreme Court today ruled that no case could be transferred from a court to another on the ground that a lady judge would find it ``embarrassing'' to hear a case pertaining to sexual offences. A Bench, comprising Justice N. Santosh Hegde and Justice S.B. Sinha, reversed an order of the Madras High Court, and said that judges heard and decided cases of any type irrespective of their gender, as

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The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has drawn up an agitation programme to protest the proposed consolidation in the banking industry. Meetings with members of Parliament have also been lined up. The consolidation plan, which is said to be supported by the Government, will lead to more harm than good, claimed Mr Ashok Datta, Convenor, UFBU. Larger entities created by consolidating localised

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Alexandria, Va. (AP) - The head of the flight attendants' union says it's enough to "send a chill up the spine of every working American."A bankruptcy court judge in Alexandria has canceled the collective bargaining agreements between Arlington-based US Airways and its machinists union.The ruling offers the airline hundreds of millions of dollars in annual savings, enough that the airline says

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Central trade unions are likely to meet here in the next few days to to chart out relief programmes, including adoption of villages, to help those affected by the killer tsunami.A meeting of the central trade unions is being mulled in this regard, sources told PTI and added that they have already appealed to their members and the working class to donate generously to the Prime Minister's Relief

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22 December 2004: Port workers across India have won a bonus deal following widespread demonstrations over the government’s failure to pay up. Five port workers’ federations, among them ITF affiliate the All India Port and Dock Workers’ Federation, signed a conciliation settlement on 10 December in the presence of the government’s Chief Labour Commissioner. Under the terms of the agreement all

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The implementation of the national rural employment guarantee law is expected to cost the government Rs 38,600 crore (Rs 386 billion) a year. States will be required to chip in with 10 per cent. The estimate is based on the assumption that only one adult member from a below the poverty line rural household will come forward for the guaranteed 100 days of employment. The Centre has assumed that

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Kolkata,Dec 06 (UNI) All India Newspaper Employees Federation (AINEF), the largest body of newspaper employees in the country, today welcomed Union labour minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's assurance to announce a new wage board for newspaper and news agency employees soon. Expressing guarded optimism that the new wage board would be constituted without further delay, senior AINEF members, who had

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New evidence has emerged that could undermine Union Carbide's long-standing denial of responsibility for the world's worst industrial accident, the devastation of the Indian city of Bhopal. The American company has always claimed that its Indian subsidiary was solely responsible for the design and management of the plant, where a poisonous gas leak killed thousands of people 20 years ago. The

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Trade Unions in the oil public sector undertakings today threatened to a go on a nationwide strike demanding regularisation of more than 100,000 contract and contengent workers in the sector.A special convention held under the banner of All India Petroleum Workers Federation adopted a resolution demanding, among other things, an amendment to the existing Labour laws to facilitate contract

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[India News]: New Delhi, Dec 4 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday assured Indian industry that a high-level committee would review archaic laws resulting in "Inspector Raj" -- the system of permits and licences -- that hinders growth. "The standing committee with representatives from industry and the government would review all existing industry laws with international best practices and

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Textile factories throughout Asia face extinction as a long-standing global trade pact is set to expire . Every morning, 24-year-old Shahida Begum leaves her home in one of Dhaka's slums, winds her way into a posh diplomatic enclave and turns up for work at a garment factory overlooking the U.S. embassy. She may not be making this commute much longer. Like most of Bangladesh's 1.8 million

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India's economy is expanding steadily and sectors such as information technology are winning new jobs for the country. For several years after finishing college, 32-year-old Lakshmi Narayan looked for a job in an office. When the hunt proved futile, he began driving a delivery van. He said he had hoped to do something better, but nothing came his way. Now, he does not even try, preferring to hold

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He was the man who could bring Mumbai to its knees. As one of the country’s most powerful trade union leaders, George Fernandes’ hold over the unions of the BMC, BEST and taxi-drivers was so complete that every time he called for a bandh, the city ground to a halt. But now, these very unions have turfed him out from his post as president. "Fernandes had it coming," Sharad Rao, union leader and

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Twenty years ago today poisonous gases spewed from a Union Carbide factory, killing thousands as they slept . It was the worst industrial accident in history. The control room at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India, looks like something from one of those post-apocalyptic science fiction movies. Cow dung is splattered across the floor. There are rows upon rows of broken dials, their

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Twenty years ago today poisonous gases spewed from a Union Carbide factory, killing thousands as they slept . It was the worst industrial accident in history. The control room at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India, looks like something from one of those post-apocalyptic science fiction movies. Cow dung is splattered across the floor. There are rows upon rows of broken dials, their

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Is nothing sacred? The hard-nosed commercialism that has spawned a boom in international business outsourcing is catching on in the religious world. In the West, there is a growing shortage of holy men of all religions, and the costs of spiritual services are on the rise. An opportunity, then, for India, where high-quality, low-cost "religious outsourcing" is becoming big business. Catholics have

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The big hall fills with the cacophony of different languages - English, French, German, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish. European companies may be outsourcing work to Indian firms but in one Delhi-based call centre it's Europeans who make up a fair number of the workforce. "It's so different from Europe - the culture and the way you live - and I think it's fantastic," says Marie

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Less than a month after the US Presidential elections, when candidates traded accusations about being ‘Bangalored’ and jobs moving out to other countries, a delegation of Indian labour leaders is touring nine major US cities. The New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI), an organisation that claims affiliation of about 100 labour unions India-wide, hopes to enter into dialogue with their American

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Authorities of Strescon Industries Limited (SIL), a railway sleeper manufacturing unit at Chamagram in Kaliachak-III, had recently declared suspension of work owing to labour problems. The SIL authorities have alleged that Citu is trying to involve the labourers in criminal activities and jeopardise operations of the SIL. The SIL authorities have decided to shift their unit to Sakrikalighaat in

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Tension and violence broke out at the manufacturing facility of Voltas, a Tata Group company, at Balanagar here on Friday evening with the agitated workers stalling the operations and holding up the top management officials in the factory for nearly 12 hours opposing the alleged `unilateral' and `illegal' decision of the management to retrench nearly 50 per cent of the workforce. The management

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has said that the UPA Government will emphasise employment–led growth, in particular focusing on providing every citizen an opportunity to work. Presenting the Shram Awards for 2002 and 2003 at a function here today, the Prime Minister said that the last few years have seen the phenomenon of jobless growth. "There is need to reverse this trend so that

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The breaking news that Wal-Mart will allow the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to set up union branches in accordance with Article 10 of Trade Union Law is an interesting development on several levels. It's important because Wal-Mart seems to have changed its stance on unions, and if so this means Chinese workers will be the first outside of Quebec to organise in a Wal-Mart store [see note

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IN an unprecedented move in the history of the media industry, 362 workers of the K.K. Birla-owned Hindustan Times Limited were dismissed from service on October 3. The workers, who were employed with the printing unit of Hindustan Times House, New Delhi, are now on an indefinite protest. Hindustan Times Limited brings out two dailies, Hindustan Times in English and Hindustan in Hindi. The

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The Labour & Employment Minister, Shri Sis Ram Ola has said that an assured job is the best social security measure in the developing countries. Addressing the 28th General Assembly Meeting of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) Bureau in Beijing Shri Ola said that India intends to enact a law very soon to provide assured employment of 100 days in a year to one person in every

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Child Labour is a complex and multi-dimensional socio-economic problem. The data on child labour is generated through the decennial census. The National Sample Survey Organisation also conducts surveys on various aspects including child labour at regular intervals. During the Xth plan, a provision has been made for conducting two surveys on child labour. The new strategy proposed to be adopted

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Despite a persistent tendency to associate employment with large industry in the organized sector, an in-depth examination of employment potentials makes it evident that the largest share of new jobs will come from the unorganized sector. In evaluating the importance of developing each sector, an assessment of its potential contribution to employment is essential. Such an assessment will have

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Population, food security, education and remunerative employment opportunities are closely interconnected. Rising levels of education and living standards are powerful levers for reducing birth and mortality rates. Over the next two decades India’s greatest challenge will be to expand the opportunities for the growing labour force, to enrich their knowledge and skills through education, raise

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What legally constitutes evidence is very different from what jurors consider evidence. Legal constructs are quite distinct from the common sense constructs that jurors apply to a case. A juror typically is not aware or does not care that a particular case is an antitrust, patent, product liability or personal injury suit. What the juror generally does care about are factors such as the

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This study examines recent experience in productivity improvement schemes in South Asia tea plantations, with particular attention to labour productivity. It was prepared for the ILO by Mr. B. Sivaram, formerly associated with the United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) and currently with the Tea Research Institute in Sri Lanka. The study is part of the ILO programme of activities

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For a manufacturing plant that has maintained productivity at 95-98 per cent, and has the capability to step up production when required, productivity has not been the central point of discussion in wage talks says Mr A.P. Gandhi, President, Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL). Industrial relations is based on trust, transparency and ``prosperity sharing'' - prerequisites to facing competition and an

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