Insurance employees oppose privatisation of steel plant
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‘Only united struggles by all trade unions can bring a change in the attitude of the government’
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‘Only united struggles by all trade unions can bring a change in the attitude of the government’
The South Central Zone Insurance Employees’ Federation vice president P. Satish has recalled the historic struggle for the achievement of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and 32 persons losing their lives for the sake of the plant.
At a seminar on ‘Visakha Ukku Parirakshana’, organised by the Insurance Corporation Employees’ Union(ICEU), Visakhapatnam, here on Sunday, Mr. Satish, who is also general secretary of ICEU, Rajahmundry, said that the Centre, in the name of reforms, was dismantling the VSP. The Centre was also keen on going ahead with the IPO in the LIC, despite resistance from the unions. He said that only united struggles by all trade union
The Kerala Provident Fund Members and Pensioners’ Association has urged the Centre to increase the EPF pension to ₹7,500. This was demand was passed as a resolution at a meeting of the association hel
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Ljubljana – A new political movement called Povežimo Slovenijo (Unite Slovenia) has emerged. The initiative is wants to bring together a number of smaller, non-parliamentary parties, groups, local initiatives and individuals of various values and political stances to form a joint slate for the next general elections.
The movement’s programme and its cooperation strategy is based on Slovenia’s constitution and has been modelled on such projects abroad, most notably in Austria and Switzerland where big-tent pre-election coalitions are frequent.
The initiator and coordinator of the movement is vice president of the Greens Nada Pavšer, who believes that the emerging list could get at least 20% in the next election.
Telangana pay revision panel report triggers protests by employees
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Wed, Jan 27 2021 23:06 IST |
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Hyderabad, Jan 27 : Government employees in Telangana took to streets on Wednesday to lodge their protest against the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) report, which recommended 7.5 per cent salary hike over basic pay.
Furious over the meagre hike recommended by the panel, the employees and pensioners made it clear that nothing less than 43 per cent fitment (salary hike) will be acceptable to them.
Raising slogans against the government, the employees came out on streets in Hyderabad and other parts of the state and set afire the copies of PRC report.
Lakhimpur social activist Keshab Chandra Bhuyan passes away
Keshab Chandra Bhuyan, a popular social activist of Lakhimpur, is no more. He breathed his last at Soumarpeeth Hospital on Thursday night around 1:20 am due to cardiac arrest.
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LAKHIMPUR: Keshab Chandra Bhuyan, a popular social activist of Lakhimpur, is no more. He breathed his last at Soumarpeeth Hospital on Thursday night around 1:20 am due to cardiac arrest. He was a permanent resident of Ward No. 11 of North Lakhimpur town. His health condition suddenly deteriorated on Thursday and then he was admitted in the hospital. He was 82. He is survived by his wife and four daughters along with a host of relatives.