3-day rally from Sandur to Ballari for rehabilitation of mining workers
Bengaluru: The members of the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) and mining workers will hold a protest rally in October, demanding rehabilitation of the Ballari mining workers.
Speaking to the press on Friday, the office-bearers of the AICCTU and the Bellary Zilla Gani Karmikara Sangha said that they would undertake a three-day padayatra from Sandur to Ballari from October 11 to 13.
The members said that the government had not provided any support to the mining workers, although the condition of the workers has always been poor. The laws for the benefit of the workers have also been violated on a large scale in the mining industry in Ballari, they added.
“The rally is being organized demanding compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the mining workers who lost their jobs in 2011. Up to five acres of land with irrigation facility for the mining workers’ families, re- employment of the workers who lost their job in Class ‘A’ and ‘B’ mines where the work has resumed, monthly pension of Rs 5,000 for workers who have reached superannuation, sites and houses for the workers, opening of facilities like anganwadi, community halls, libraries, labour centers and PHCs, free medical services for the workers, free education and financial assistance for higher education for the workers’ children,” said the members of the organizations.
Maitreyi Krishnan and P P Appanna of the AICCTU; Yariswamy, general secretary, Bellary Zilla Gani Karmikara Sangha; Lokesh, member of the Sangha; and Nirmala M, member of the All India Progressive Women’s Association were present at the press meet.
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
