The Central Government is planning to change the labour laws in an attempt to increase privatisation in the country and 16 labour federations of the country has decided to oppose the anti-labour policies of the Government, said the National President of All India Defence Employees Federation SN Pathak while addressing the newsmen here on Friday.
He said that Federation would oppose the government’s decision to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in defence sector. Pathak claimed that the government is planning to bring changes in the labour law of 1946 and Trade Apprentice Act of 1961 in order to curb the powers of the trade unions. He informed that the leaderships of the labour federations would meet in Delhi on September 15 and deliberate on the future course of action. Pathak said that the federation has submitted the draft of its demands to the pay commission.
He said that the federation has demanded that the benefit of pension should be extended to employees who are recruited after January 1 2004. He informed that the federation has proposed that the minimum wages for a high school pass candidate should be Rs 33000 per month.