Mangalore, May 2: By encouraging privatization in the country, the government is encouraging poverty said H V Anantha Subba Rao, Secretray of the state unit of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC).
He was speaking at a programme organized as part of the 76th anniversary of Beedi and Tobacco Labour Union in the city on Wednesday.
Citing the recession disaster that America had to confront, Mr. Rao said that greater encouragement to privatization will lead to a similar disaster. “Our economy survives because of public sector. The government wants to make sure that everything is privatized. This will reap bad results and increase poverty in the country”, he said.
The AITUC has always been providing a platform for people to voice their fury against globalization, privatization and liberalization, he said.
Accusing the government of siding with the owners and neglecting the labour class, Mr. Rao said that even though the minimum coolie rules had been introduced way back in 1996, successive governments failed to implement them.
Mr. Rao said that the government must make sure that apart from wages, labourers are provided with other facilities such as ESI, provident fund, education for their children and so on.
B K Krishnappa, Senior CPI leader and former Corporator, presided over the programme.
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