Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 6: Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), today held a convention at Srinagar in the backdrop of May Day with the determination to intensify struggle to fight the anti-working class and anti-people policies of the Government.
The convention was jointly organized by Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Union, ASHA Workers Union Kashmir, Horticulture Employees Union, PDD Casual Labourers Union, Rural Development Department Union, Chopan Association, Kashmir Construction Workers Union, Centaur Hotel Employees Union, J&K Bank Gardeners Union and Aircel Security Guards Workers Union under the banner of CITU.
The convention was presided over by Abdul Gani Bhat and addressed by CITU leaders Mohd Maqbool Ganaie, Abdul Rashid Najar and G N Malik.
Highlighting the importance of International Labour Day, M Y Tarigami State President CITU in his address to the convention said that the day drew its history from the Chicago martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for the struggle to regulate working hours, create conducive working conditions and for a dignified life. The struggle continues despite odds for creating a world which is liveable and is free from exploitation and oppression.
Underlining the necessity for wider unity among the working people for resisting the anti working class policies of the Government, Tarigami said that there is no room for any illusion, and only united struggles of the toilers can force the Government and employers to concede the genuine demands of the working people.
The unemployment situation has worsened both in urban and rural areas, despite passing of the Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Despair among the young generation entering the employment market is increasing rapidly. The utter collapse of public distribution system, Commercialisation of education system has made life miserable for common people. The prices of essential commodities have gone up sky rocketing, hitting hard below the belt of poorer strata of the society. The discontent among the working class is increasing rapidly.
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