Gerneral Assembly of CWM 2008 will be held  from 4th to 6th July at Bangalore ,NBCLC

Preserve the rights of workers and improve the quality of life of workers: Most. Rev.T. Antonyswamy, Bishop of Chikmagulur

 

Karnataka: Encouraged by the success of the CBC Labour Commission’s Consultative Meetings in the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra for formation of Labour Unions, it conducted yet another labour meeting for the Karnataka region at NBCLC, Bangalore on the 24th and 25th, June, 2008, in which representatives from the various Dioceses of Karnataka participated.   In the inaugural address by Most Rev. T. Anthonyswamy, Bishop of Chikmagulur, Chairman, Karnataka Regional Labour Commission, called upon all the participants to be like the salt of the earth.  Salt, he said, is used as a preservative and a taste improver.  We must become like salt, preserve the rights of workers and improve the quality of life of workers, by the end of the seminar, the Bishop added.

In the subsequent lecture by Fr. Faustine Lobo, Coordinator, Karnataka Regional Pastoral Play Committee (KRPPC) was for taking stock of the activities of the Karnataka Regional Labour Commission, during its existence in the last three years and what the Labour Commission has to do on priority basis in the next three years to ensure dignity of work, abolition of child labor and exploitation and harassment of workers at work place.

The representatives from the CBCI Labour Commission, Delhi, gave a clear picture on the present Indian situation wherein how the workers are being cheated and denied the right of social security to the unorganized sector workers since last six decades by the Indian state, with documentary evidences and statistics,and asked the participants to join in the efforts of mobilizing the workers so that they claim social security benefits from the government for their contribution to the economic development of the nation. The National Level Post Card Campaign has been carrying out all over the Indian by CBCI Labour Commission   to bring in the attention of the government and all concerned on the urgency of social security for all unorganized workers before the monsoon session of the Parliament, 2008

Fr. Becket D’Souza, Director of the Karnataka Regional Organization for Social Service (KROSS) explained his activities in the region for the poor and the marginalized and the areas where the Regional Labour Commission and KROSS could work together for the workers.   In the concluding session by Fr. Lourduswamy, Regional Secretary, Karnataka Regional Labour Commission further motivated the participants for formation of labour forums and assured the CBCI Labour Commission that the region would work for the social security of the unorganized sector workers n collaboration with the CBCI Labor Commission.

The Message of No Child Labour Day, June 12th 2008 has published on theme of Start a New Journey: the Future is not Our Own but of the Children. Full Text is available in the link of documentation  

 

Post Card Campaign to highlight Demand for Social Security is inaugurated 

 

New Delhi:  In connection with the May Day Celebrations – 2008 of Labour Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India launched the Post Card Campaign, to all members of Parliament to demand complete and comprehensive social security for all unorganized workers of the nation.  The first step towards this campaign was inaugurated today, May 1^st, 2008, on Workers’ Day, by presenting Post Cards carrying the message of social security by unorganized labourers to Dr. K.S. Manoj, Member of Parliament, who was present during the celebration of May Day at the CBCI Centre. The Government of India has proposed a Social Security Bill for workers in the unorganized sector which is insurance and contributory based and the financial budget for 2008-09 has allocated just Rupees five crores for the social security of 423 million unorganized sector workers whose contribution to the GDP is approximately 65%.  Protests by different social organizations and various Labour Movements including that of the CBCI Labour Commission haven’t resulted in the required amendments in the proposed bill for a complete and comprehensive social security to the workers of this country. 

 

The May Day celebration of the CBCI Labour Commission is also marked by a Seminar on ‘Social Security of Unorganized Workers and Union Budget 2008’, in which people of various walks of life, including, politicians, beaurocrats, employers, social activists and labourers from the unorganized sector were participated.  The celebrations were inaugurated by Dr. S. Shivakumar, President, Commonwealth Law Education Association and Indian Law Institute, Delhi.  May Day Message was given by Rev. Dr. Thomas d’Aquino, Dy. General Secretary, CBCI.  Mr. J. John, CEC,    Ms. Priti Darooka, PWESCR, Dr. R.S. Tiwari, SSN and Mr. Joy Jacob, CBCI Labour  Commission spoke on the occasion.  Rev. Jose Vattakuzhy, Executive Secretary of the CBCI Labour Commission welcomed the participants.

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