WFTU Secretary General Spoke in the ILO meeting as follows:

“The WFTU will firmly continue it’s upward militant course, the organization of international activities for the present and future of the workers, for stable work, without imperialist wars, without xenophobic and neo-racist phenomena.

We give our hand to every worker, regardless of his/her color, religion, sex, language to stand with us, united in struggle against the imperialist barbarity.”

While there is strong protest against the continuous increase in the price of petrol and diesel and demand from all sections of people to reduce the same, the central government is keeping its eerie silence, hinting further increase in the prices. This is monstrous. Prices of every commodity is being increased due to the increase in the petrol/diesel price.

Now NITI Ayong, the creation of the Modi Government, in place of Planning Commission, has put its feet stating that the prices can not be reduced without endangering the development of the country. Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice President of the NITI Ayog, has stated that if the petrol price per litre is reduced by Re.1/- , the government will lose Rs. 13,000 crore in a year. It means that the government is getting huge amount through excise charges. If the government gets Rs.13,000 crore with an increase of Rs. 1 in the price, how much lakhs of crore it might have got by the increase of Rs. 30/- during the last four years of its rule!

Compare this with the decision of the Kerala LDF government, which have reduced Re.1/-  per litre from its taxes.

Silence by the people encourage the central government for further exploitation. Modi Government should stop this Loot!

Petrol and diesel prices across the country were raised for the eleventh consecutive day today with Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) passing on the increase in international fuel prices to the consumers. This follows the 19-day price freeze initiated by OMCs before the Karnataka polls.
Price of non-branded petrol in Delhi soared to Rs 77.47 per litre today, the highest price recorded in Delhi’s history, and a 30 paise per litre hike over Wednesday’sprice. The previous high for petrol price in Delhi was Rs 76 per liter in September 2013 when crude oil prices were hovering around $108-115 per barrel. Similarly, diesel prices in the national capital soared to Rs 68.53 per litre today, the highest recorded ever.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday at a press briefing argued that fuel taxes were necessary for country’s development. “As far as fuel prices are concerned, including the excise duty or other taxes thereupon, they are very clearly used for country’s development, for constriction of more national highways, more roads, more digital infrastructure, taking energy to those villages which were without energy for last so many years,” he said.
The price of Petrol has peaked at record levels in other metro cities too, including Rs 85.29 per litre in Mumbai, Rs 80.42 in Chennai and Rs 80.12 per litre in Kolkata. Price of every litre of non-branded diesel has also peaked at Rs 72.96 in Mumbai, Rs 72.35 in Chennai and Rs 71.08 in Kolkata.
Prasad added, “In view of the uncertainty in the crude prices globally, a new sense of urgency has developed. The govt is keen that instead of having an ad-hoc measure, it is desirable to have a long-term view that addresses not only the volatility but also takes care of the unnecessary ambiguity arising out of frequent ups and downs.”

Meanwhile the price of crude oil in the international market is crashing and now as on 28th May, 2018, the price per barrel is only $ 66.83.

Strong protest demonstrations and rallies are being organised in many places by the opposition parties. (News Report)

Petrol and diesel prices across the country were raised for the eleventh consecutive day today with Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) passing on the increase in international fuel prices to the consumers. This follows the 19-day price freeze initiated by OMCs before the Karnataka polls.
Price of non-branded petrol in Delhi soared to Rs 77.47 per litre today, the highest price recorded in Delhi’s history, and a 30 paise per litre hike over Wednesday’sprice. The previous high for petrol price in Delhi was Rs 76 per liter in September 2013 when crude oil prices were hovering around $108-115 per barrel. Similarly, diesel prices in the national capital soared to Rs 68.53 per litre today, the highest recorded ever.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday at a press briefing argued that fuel taxes were necessary for country’s development. “As far as fuel prices are concerned, including the excise duty or other taxes thereupon, they are very clearly used for country’s development, for constriction of more national highways, more roads, more digital infrastructure, taking energy to those villages which were without energy for last so many years,” he said.
The price of Petrol has peaked at record levels in other metro cities too, including Rs 85.29 per litre in Mumbai, Rs 80.42 in Chennai and Rs 80.12 per litre in Kolkata. Price of every litre of non-branded diesel has also peaked at Rs 72.96 in Mumbai, Rs 72.35 in Chennai and Rs 71.08 in Kolkata.
Prasad added, “In view of the uncertainty in the crude prices globally, a new sense of urgency has developed. The govt is keen that instead of having an ad-hoc measure, it is desirable to have a long-term view that addresses not only the volatility but also takes care of the unnecessary ambiguity arising out of frequent ups and downs.”

Strong protest demonstrations and rallies are being organised in many places by the opposition parties. (News Report)

Pinarayi Vijayan led Kerala LDF government has completed two years in office. Within these two years many of the election promises have been fulfilled by the government. Secular traditions are kept intact. Whether it is the case of international standard education, health care and hospital facilities, Social justice, improvement in agriculture, home for the homeless, Development at all levels, women safety, pension to all senior citizens etc. etc., Kerala stands first in the country. More than 70,000 new jobs have been created and filled up. 12 of the loss making PSUs have been made profitable during these two years. Others are on the line. Awards have been received from the central government as also international institutions for the best law and order, least corruption, Best administration etc. Yes, the LDF government is marching ahead implementing its poll assurances, one after another.

Congratulation to the LDF government on completing two years of successful pro-people activities!

During the earlier UDF Government almost all the PSUs in Kerala had become loss making and decline. Some were proposed to be closed. But during the two year period of the LDF government some of them have become profitable and all are on the way for better performance. As per he latest reports 14 out of the 42 PSUs have become profitable. The Pinarayi Government has offered to take over the Central PSUs in Kerala, which the central government want to hand over to the private corporates.

The Modi Government is the Destroyer of PSUs, while Pinarayi Government is the Protector of the PSUs!

One more anti worker step by Modi government. Despite strong protest from all Central Trade Unions, it is moving to transfer Social Security measures like EPF and ESI to Public Private Partnership (PPP) so that the huge funds in both will be available to the private companies for their appropriation. Serving the corporates has become the mantra for BJP Government.

Sustained struggle is the only way to defeat the anti-worder policy of the govt.

Nepal: The WFTU president’s visit concluded today, May 3rd
03 May 2018ASIA, NEPAL
The WFTU president’s visit in Nepal concluded successfully with the last day seminar – meeting organized by the 8 WFTU affiliates trade unions in Nepal. The WFTU president analyzed the Action Plan of the WFTU that was adopted during the 17th World Trade Union Congress and organisational matters of WFTU in Nepal.

The seminar took place in the framework of the decision of the World Federation of Trade Union to declare 2018 as a trade union training year.