Mangaluru : Centre for Indian Trade Union (CITU) state unit president S Varalakshmi on Monday blamed successive governments for safeguarding the interests of capitalists against labour class. Speaking at a programme organised to mark May Day at Town Hall here, Varalakshmi quoted statistics from 1947 to till date and said the assets of certain industrialists have […]

Mangaluru : District in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai has called upon labour class to be cautious of organisations attempting to break their unity on the lines of caste, creed and religion. Speaking at the Labour Day celebrations at Ravindra Kala Bhavan in Mangaluru on Sunday, Rai said that communal organisations were attempting to divide workers and […]

CITU affiliate labour Unions have May Day procession and a rally at Town Hall
Socialistic or people’s spontancous revolts talking place in several countries of the world, such as Egypt, Libya and France, are due to the discomfort of labourers and poor sections of society, who are victimised by capitalistic ambitions of accumulating Wealth, at the expense of working classes and poorer masses.

The ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests in America, and movements against ‘state bankruptcy’ in Greece, Mexico, Kazhakhstan, Portugal and South Africa, are examples of workers’ revolutions against capitalist greed.

Such an active movement is essential in India these days, to bridal unchecked capitalist tendencies that ignore labour as part of economy, observed B. Madhava of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on May Day, in a city gathering of workers
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A few (3) crore labouress had participated in a nationwide strike recently, of all India Trade Unions, demanding their basic rights.

He criticised the state cabinet decision, to raise working hours of labourers from 8 to 10, while providing ‘bail-out’ packages for losing banks and private companies during a global recession, which was an offspring of capitalism.

The May Day was arranged in Town Hall, with a rally from Ambedkar Circle, Balmatta.

Mangalore: Seer Esha Vittala dasa of Kemaru Mutt feels that anti-corruption (moral) lessons should begin from childhood on mothers lap, and parents would be responsible to teach the child to walk on right path all through his life. He was participating in a programme of May Day celebrations in city on May’, organised by Akhila  […]

Bangalore: It is Workers Day all over the world, when red flowers bloom on roadside trees, and workers move in procession, to express their joyous ful in a careless way. Law minister Suresh Kumar took a Sweeper in hand and swept the road on May Day, saying workers like farmers are the backbone of the […]

Mangalore : The Rotaract Club of Mangalore City observed the International Workers Day and felicitation ceremony to honour the senior workers at Hotel Woodlands Hall on May 1, Tuesday. Speaking after inaugurating the event, Mayor Gulzar Banu said that the Rotaract Club is doing good work by identifying the workers and service rendered to the […]

Mangalore: Akhila Bharata Karmika Sangha organized a convention of labourers and owners to observe the May Day with the theme of ‘eradicate corruption and strengthen nation’ at Nehru Maidan on May 1, Sunday. The organization created a atmosphere of communal harmony with the presence of Isha Vittala Das Swami of Kemaru, Mohanadas Swami of Manila, […]

Mangalore: On May Day (May1) a robust giant rally of Employers and labourers is expected to take place at the Central Maidan, Mangalore at 4pm (it) being Sunday, a weekly holiday for all, informed Sudath Jain, General Secretary, of the May Day Celebrations Committee  at Hotel Woodlands in a press conference arranged at noon on […]