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CITU Congratulates NLC Workers

05 Friday Jul 2013

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CITU CONGRATULATES NEYVELI LIGNITE WORKERS FOR HEROIC UNITED STRIKE AGAINST DISINVESTMENT

04.07.2013                  

The Centre of Indian Trade Unions congratulates the workers as well as all the unions of Neyveli Lignite Corporation(NLC) at Tamilnadu for their all in united indefinite strike action from today against the decision of the Govt to disinvest shares of public sector company.

The strike commenced today and around 27000 workers including 13000 contract workers are in complete strike from today with a firm determination to resist offloading of shares of NLC to private hands.

CITU also congratulates all the trade unions and associations representing the employees and workers of NLC for the all in unity they have built up in the course of anti-privatisation struggle.

CITU condemns the move of the Govt and the NLC management to move to High Court to get the strike banned ignoring the sentiment and opinion not only of the workers and officers of NLC but the people of Tamilandu irrespective of political affiliations.

The heroic all in united strike struggle of the NLC workers against privatization and disinvestment would inspire the public sector workers and the working people in general in the struggle against anti-people economic policy and policy of privatization. CITU calls upon the trade union movement and the working class in general to extend their support and solidarity to the heroic strike struggle by NLC workers.

 

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Privatisation of Airports which are profitable.

15 Saturday Jun 2013

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The government has made its policy clear through actions on privatisation. Where there is profit, privatise it. Where there is loss, either close or keep it with government. A strange policy indeed!

This time it is the Airports. The most profitable airports, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad are already privatised. How the private companies who run the air ports fleece the passengers through additional charge is well-known. The CAG has already exposed the role of the private players like GVK (Mumbai Airport) and GMR (Delhi Airport).

But the government is determined to privatise even other profitable airports, keeping only the loss making with the Airport Authority of India (AAI). Now the Central Government is proposing to privatise Kolkata and Chennai, the next big airports where there is profit. It is very interesting that the AAI has already spent more than Rs. 3,700 crore for modernising the above airports and the benefit will go to the private companies.

The government and its anti-people policies should be exposed and defeated.