To Dated:
- 11.06.2013
The
Residence Commissioner
Uttarakhand
Bhawan
Government
of Uttarkhand
New Delhi
Memorandum
Subject: - Stop repression of worker’s movement in
SIDCUL Pantnagar , Uttarkhand.
Sir,
The incidents of repression of worker’s
movement are increasing day by day in the state of uttarkhand. The labor 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 upto three years. This practice of employing
workers was declared illegal by the deputy labor 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 labor 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 labor 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 section151 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
