130 employees of ITI factory illegally terminated from employment: Karnataka General Labour Union
Factory falls directly under Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communication, GOI
Bengaluru: Karnataka General Labour Union, a body affiliated to the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) on Friday issued a press release taking a note of the grievances of 130 workers of ITI Factory in Bengaluru who have been unceremoniously terminated from the employment.
The press statement added that the employees include women and their termination from employment from the factory is illegal. It further added that the terminated employees include those who have worked for more than 50 years in the factory.
“Even though the Central Labour Department has categorically advised ITI not to dismiss workers, they’ve been illegally refused work,” the statement added.
“The factory falls directly under the Department of Telecommunication, Ministry of Communication, Government of India, it claims that a new contractor has been employed but has provided no reason as to why these workers who have worked from 5-30 years are being refused employment. Women and men who have worked for decades were prevented by security from entering the premises,” it further added.
“Pertinently the case for recognizing the workers as permanent workers is pending before the Regional Labour Commissioner, Government of India who has instructed them that the conditions of service of these workers should not be altered during this time. ITI stands in blatant violation of this and in total disrespect of the law.
“Faced with no option workers are sitting in protest outside the factory premises. The illegal action of the management is because ITI core workers who have been made to work in sham contracts unionized last year, under the banner of Karnataka General Labour Union (affiliated to AICCTU) and started demanding their rights including minimum wages.
“It is the duty of the Ministry of Communication and the Central Labour Department to immediately intervene and ensure that the workers are permitted to work and ensure that no such illegalities are done in the future,” the union demanded.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
