Youth INTUC organised a convention at Angul, which was presided over by State unit president Satyabrata Nayak. MP Ramchandra Khuntia, who is also INTUC State president, attended as chief guest and inaugurated the meeting.
In his speech, Khuntia said about 40 crore workers are working at different sectors in the country, but only four per cent of them are from organised sector, while a vast section belongs to the unorganised group.
He urged the members of Youth INTUC to sincerely work for the welfare of the unorganised workers in the State so that they avail the welfare benefits provided by the Centre and the State.
Kishore Jena, Harish Gourang and Dharani Swain, among others, attended as distinguished guests. The Youth INTUC unanimously passed 11 resolutions after intensive discussion to strengthen the voice of the workers, their share in the development process and opportunity in the current industrial development in the State.
The resolution included enrolment of one lakh members in the State, provision of labour-oriented training to 5,000 youth workers and publication of a white paper stating the number of unemployed youth who got jobs in several industries in the State, etc. About 500 members of the Youth INTUC from across the State attended the convention.
Padmakar Guru, Sovendra Samal, Pinki Singh, Biplab Choudhury, Ajaya Paikray, Saroj Pradhan, Sunita Singh, Saroj Pradhan, Priyabrata Sahu, Kishore Sahu, Arun Kumar Pradhan, Kandarp Maharana were present. National Youth INTUC secretary Nirmal Samal gave vote of thanks.