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CIRCULAR LETTER NO: 26/128/2011/22 6th June, 2011
TO ALL OFFICE BEARERS / STATE FEDERATIONS &
ALL INDIA BANKWISE ORGANISTIONS
Dear Comrades,
TEXT OF UFBU CIRCULAR NO 2011/4 DATED 06.06.2011
█ Protest against the hike in petrol prices
█ Hold Demonstrations/Rallies on 23rd June, 2011
█ Joint Trade Unions’ call
All our unions and members are aware of the alarming increase in prices of all food items and essentials of daily life. This unabated and spiraling price rise is neutralizing whatever gains workers are making on account of wage revision, etc. The real wages of workers are getting seriously eroded with every dose of price rise.
Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers has reached 4250 points in April, 2011. While a section of the organized workers get compensated against price rise due to Dearness Allowance, etc., the vast majority of the workers remain uninsulated against the menace of price rise. Hence this has become the foremost issue of the worker and trade unions today especially in the context where the Government has become totally ineffective and is unable to take any concrete steps to control priceline.
To add fuel to fire, the Government is also announcing frequent increase in the price of petrol, diesel, gas, kerosene. Recently the price of petrol has been has been hiked by Rs. 5.00 per litre. Government is contemplating to further increase the prices of diesel, cooking gas, kerosene, etc.
PROTEST PROGRAMME ON 23-6-2011: All these will further adversely affect the common masses and workers. Hence all the Central Trade unions (BMS, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, AICCTU, UTUC, TUCC, SEWA ) have decided to protest against this hike in price of petrol, gas, etc. A meeting of all these Central Trade Unions was held in Delhi on 29-5-2011 and they have decided to organise demonstrations / Rallies / Dharna etc in all the workplaces, state capitals and district headquarters on 23rd June 2011.
UFBU to participate in this programme: Since it is a common cause and equally concerns all of us, we call upon all our unions and members to participate in the programmes or organize demonstrations by bank employees/officers on that day during lunch time/evening time.
Central Trade Unions’ support our 7th July Strike: In this meeting of the Central Trade Unions held on 29-5-2011, they have extended their full support to our UFBU’s strike on 7th July, 2011.
With greetings,
Yours Comradely,
C.H.VENKATACHALAM
CONVENER
JOINT COMMUNICATION OF CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS
- CENTRAL TRADE UNIONS TO PROTEST COUNTRYWIDE AGAINST MOVE TO FURTHER HIKE IN PRICES OF PETROL, DIESEL, KEROSENE AND LPG.
The meeting the Central trade unions held on 29th May, 2011 at INTUC office, New Delhi under the presidentship of Shri G. Sanjeeva Reddy noted with serious concern that despite several rounds of all in united protests by the entire trade union movement of the country, the Government has remained totally unresponsive to major concerns of the working people.
The Central Trade Unions call upon the working people of the country to further widen the unity achieved through united struggle and launch united protest against the unresponsive Government through joint countrywide struggles as mentioned hereunder
Joint Protest Day through demonstrations / Rallies / Dharna etc in all the workplaces, state capitals and district headquarters on 23rd June 2011 against rise in petrol prices and contemplated move of the Government to increase the prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG which will further fuel the rise in prices of all commodities
The Central Trade Unions also extend full support to all the sectoral and industry based struggles and in particular to united Bank strike on 7th July and united struggles of the Coal workers to be decided by their united national convention on 28th June 2011.
The Central Trade Unions will again meet on 27th June 2011 at INTUC office at New Delhi to decide the to review the situation and decide on higher phase of countrywide united struggle.
The Central Trade Unions call upon the working people and the trade unions irrespective of affiliations to make the above programme a total success.
BMS INTUC AITUC HMS CITU
AIUTUC AICCTU UTUC TUCC SEWA