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Captain of stranded ship meets with ministry officials
September 5th, 2010
Captain of stranded ship meets with ministry officials
Crew advised to file civil lawsuit against Kuwaiti employer
Sandeep Singh Grewal
The captain of MT. Lady Anna, which has been stranded off Bahrain’s coast for four months, finally set foot on dry land yesterday after obtaining a shore pass from the Bahraini authorities.
Captain Saehoddin Amri met with officials from the Ministry of Labour and a representative from the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) to discuss the cases of the six other crew members who are still on board the ship.
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ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE ON 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2010
August 18th, 2010
ALL INDIA BANK EMPLOYEES’ ASSOCIATION
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Central Office: “ PRABHAT NIVAS ”
Singapore Plaza, 164, Linghi Chetty Street, Chennai-600001
Phone: 2535 1522,6543 1566 & Fax: 4500 2191, 2535 8853
e mail ~ chv.aibea@gmail.com & aibea@vsnl.com
PRESS RELEASE :- 14th August, 2010
§ ALL INDIA GENERAL STRIKE ON 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2010
§ BANK EMPLOYEES WILL JOIN THE STRIKE
National Trade Union Convention has given the call for All India General Strike on 7.9.2010. Central Trade Unions, namely INTUC, HMS, AITUC, CITU, AIUTUC, UTUC, TUCC, AICCTU have jointly given the strike call. The strike call has been given on the following issues and demands:
v Alarming price rise
v Huge job losses
v Large scale Disinvestments in public Sector
v Rampant violation of labour laws
v Lack of adequate protection to unorganized workers
Passport confiscation most rampant violation of human rights in Gulf: unionist
November 18th, 2009
Passport confiscation most rampant violation of human rights in Gulf: unionist
‘South Asian countries must work together to protect citizens from human trafficking’
Sandeep Singh Grewal
The confiscation of workers’ passports by employers is a serious issue and constitutes one of the most rampant violations of human rights in Gulf States, a top union official said yesterday.
P. Haridasan, Divisional Director of Workers Rights at the International Trade Union Confederation - Asia Pacific, explained that several workers literally become slaves after their employers take away their passports.