Mangaluru: South Kanara Beedi Workers Federation (AITUC and CITU), HMS and DK and Udupi districts Beedi Contractors Committee staged protest on Monday demanding to pay the salary to the beedi workers and contractors in cash. Addressing the protestors in front of DC office, labour leader Muhammed Rafi said that nearly 5 lakh people are employed […]

Mangaluru: “Central Labours Unions have called for a mass strike on September 2, 2016 against the negative policy of the Central government,” Naganath, General Secretary of HMS. Addressing the media personnel on Wednesday he said that the decision of mass strike was taken in a national level convention held on March 30, 2016. “We are […]

Mangaluru : The CITU, AITUC, INTUC, HMS along with various organizations held a protest near the DC’s office here against the ‘anti-labour’ policies of the BJP-led central government. on Wednesday September 2. Oposing the NDA government’s proposed bills amending labour laws, the Contract Act, the Electricity Act and Factory Act, fourteen unions in the banking […]

Mangaluru : Against the proposal of corporatisation of 12 major ports, five federations functioning in the major ports of the country have called for an indefinite strike across the nation from March 9. Briefing reporters, on Thursday, INTUC State president N M Adyanthaya said though the strike had been postponed from March 4 after the […]

Mangaluru : The South Kanara-Udupi District Beedi Contractors’ Union, affiliated Timothy Hind Mazdoor Sanjay, on Wednesday, urged the Prime Minister not to kill the Beedi industry through harsh legislation. Union Working President Mahammed Rafi told presspersons here at Mangaluru that over 2 crore workers across the country would get affected if the proposed curbs are […]

Mangalore : CITU activists staged protest against the Hind Mazdoor Sangh (HMS) district president Sureshchandra Shetty at Ballalbagh on January 27, Monday, The CITU activists began protest in-front of Sureshchandra Shetty’s residence, protest alleging that shetty was against employment of locals in railway goods shed and Aspinwall company godown. CPI(M) leader Sunil Kumar Bajal and […]