New Delhi. Inqlabi Mazdoor Kendra organised a protest on Uttarakhand niwas against the workers' repression of Tata Vendor Automotive stomping and assembling Ltd. (ASAL). Protesters handed over a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

Memorandum is as follows-

To

The Chief Minister,

Uttarakhand

Via:

The Residence Commissioner

Uttarakhand Bhawan

Government of Uttarakhand

New Delhi


Memorandum
Subject: - Stop repression of worker’s movement in SIDCUL Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
Sir,

The incidents of repression of worker’s movement are increasing day by day in the state of Uttarakhand. The labour laws are not being implemented and police force is being used usually to deal with worker’s movement. In a recent incident of SIDCUL Pant Nagar Industrial belt, when a worker in a vendor company of TATA namely Automotive stumping and assembling limited (ASAAL) was killed due to negligence of management on 30.05.2013 , other co-workers of the company started agitation. It is pertinent to mention here that workers in this company are agitating for their demand, since a long time. There is an illegal practice of not employing permanent workers and keep them for a long period as trainee. In most of the cases it goes up to three years. This practice of employing workers was declared illegal by the deputy labour commissioner Rudrapur. However, on 28.05.2013 remaining long serving 170 trainees were fired by the management of ASAAL and unit was started with new trainees and due to this negligent act of the management, the above mentioned accident killing a worker happen.

The workers of the company started agitation demanding appropriate compensation to the dependant of the killed worker and implementation of labour laws in the company. They were demanding regularization of long serving workers, who are still working there as trainee even after three years of their employment. Uttarakhand government and its labour department are in hand-in glove with the factory management and they did not address the demand of the workers and resorted to police repression, by arresting 98 workers under apprehension to breach of peace implying section 151 on 06 and 07 June 2013. They have been arrested under section151, however they have not been released till today, and this shows the total apathy of administration towards worker’s rights.

We undersigned demand that:-

All arrested workers are released immediately.

Illegal practice of hiring trainee is stopped immediately and workers be regularized immediately.

Stop police atrocity on worker’s movement.

Thanking you

Hastakshep