Dated:
17.04.2012
To
The Residence commissioner
Uttarakhand Bhawan,
Govt. of Uttarakhand
New Delhi
Sub:- Memorandum on behalf of Mass organizations in solidarity
with workers of Rockman Industries pvt.
Ltd. & Satyam Auto component Ltd.
Sir,
We
are in solidarity with the workers of Rockman Industries pvt. Ltd. & Satyam
Auto component Ltd. of SIDCUL Haridwar
who are on path of agitation for their
trade union demands from management.
Labor department and state government is well aware with the rampant
violation of labor laws in these companies like other industries situated in
SIDCUL, however they do not feel any necessity to intervene in the matter to
check the super exploitation of workers by the management. Contrary to their administrative
responsibility assigned under the law of the land, they are hobnobbing with the
management and resorted to repress the workers movement.
On 15.04.2012 workers who were on
Anshan w.e.f. 06.04.2012 in capital city of Dehradoon were lathicharged and detained
under various penal provisions. 326 workers are in jail and 11 were forcibly
hospitalized. Management who is responsible for industrial unrest is moving
freely and hobnobbing with newly elected congress government which is
determined to crush worker’s movement like Haryana and other states.
Uttarrakhand
government claims that after formation of new state it has gone ahead with
industrialization of the state and in order to do so, SIDCUL has been established
in different parts of the state like, Haridwar, Rudrapur, Pantnagar etc.
However we have found that these are hell for the workers. No Job security, no
wage norm, no labor law and sheer exploitation of the workers are only norm in these
industrial areas of Uttarkhand. It is tax heaven for the investors and
corporate and hell for the workers. Casualization and contract system that too,
illegal contract system is norm in the industrial belt of uttarakhand.
The
above named industrial units are major vendor of Hero motor co. , which do not adhere to the labor norms.
Illegal contract system is going on in these factories and workers are forced
to work on lower wages upto 12 hours a day. Workers in these units of Haridwar
are paid only Rs. 6000 P.M. by the co. for the similar work , which get Rs.
12000/ per month in gurgaon plant of the co. Workers are deprived of basic
right to form union of their own choice.
5 leading workers were terminated since they had taken initiative to form union
and put forward their wage related demands. Around 600 workers of Rockman
industries are on strike 18th March 2012 however labor department
and civil administration is unmoved by the agitation of the workers. Both
regular and contract workers joined the strike for furtherance of their demand.
We condemn police
atrocity on striking workers and demand that:-
1. Police officials responsible for
lathicharge on workers and illegal detention of workers be reprimanded and
charge sheeted.
2. Labor minister of Uttarakhand
Government resolve the labor dispute by calling a meeting of agitating workers
and management of Rockman Industries pvt. Ltd. & Satyam Auto component Ltd.
3. Restore labor laws in Rockman
Industries pvt. Ltd. & Satyam Auto component Ltd as well as in other industries
in Uttarakhand.
4. Terminated workers of Rockman
Industries pvt. Ltd. be reinstated without any condition.
5. Illegal contract system be abolished.
6. Management of Rockman Industries pvt.
Ltd. & Satyam Auto component Ltd. be punished for violation of labor laws.
7. Workers of Rockman Industries pvt.
Ltd. & Satyam Auto component Ltd. be paid wages proportionate to the
workload and they should be paid overtime as required under law.
· Inqulabi Mazdoor Kendra
· Mehnatkash Mazdoor Morcha
· Mazdoor Patrika
· Krantikari Lok Adhikar Sangathan
· Krantikari Naujawan Sabha
· PDFI
· Pragatisheel Mahila Ekta Kendra
· Radical Notes
