Workers at a seminar termed the four codes as ‘pro-corporate’, claiming factory owners in Haryana’s major auto hub had already started taking “harsher stands” on union demands.
The seminar was organised at Gurugram's Mini Secretariat on Sunday. Image clicked by Ronak Chhabra
Gurugram: “Repeal the black laws” – a phrase that was used by agitating farmers till last year until the three contentious farm laws were eventually withdrawn after a 15-month-long protest, was frequently raised as a demand during an open seminar held on Sunday by an industrial workers’ union – this time the demand is for withdrawal of the four labour codes. The workers believe that the labour codes are also designed to benefit corporates.
The seminar was organised at Gurugram’s Mini Secretariat by the employees union of Manesar-situated Bellsonica Auto Components India Private Limited, a first-tier vendor of auto major Maruti, which saw the participation of leaders of other auto unions of the industrial belt.
The union leaders termed the labour codes as “black laws”, as they feared these are aimed at diluting hard-won workers’ rights, and could trigger unrest across industries.
Several auto union leaders said that emboldened by the passage of the four codes, factory owners in the region had already started taking a “harsher stand” on numerous unions’ demands.
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