33Rd Session of the AITUC, Vadodara 15-20 December 1986
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33RD SESSION OF THE AITUC I (VADODARA : 15-20 DECEMBER 1986) REPORT, RESOLUTIONS AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS AITUC PUBLICATION February 1987 a, (onlenfs Pftge 1. The Vadodara Session of the AITUC 3 2. Condolence Resolution 6 3. Welcome Address of Chairman, Reception Committee 9 4. Messages Received 12 5. Fraternal Delegates 20 6. Speeches of Fratenal Delegates 23 7. Industry Reports 77 8. Commission Reports 105 9. Resolutions Adopted 126 10. Report of the Credential Committee 164 11. List of Office bearers and Working Committee Members 168 12. List of General Council Members 169 13. President’s Address 14. General Secretary’s Report 15. Information Materials Price • Rs. 30.00 Published by T. N. Siddhanta for AITUC, 24, Canning Lane, New Delhi-110001 and printed at the New Age Printing Press, Rani Jhansi Road, New DeUii-110055. THE VADODARA SESSION OF THE AITUC It was again emphasised at the 33rd Session of the AIT.U.C. that there is urgency and necessity df reorientation of the working class movement so as to enable it both ideologically and organisationally, to effectively intervene in national affairs. The new economic and industrial policies of the Rajiv Gandhi Government providing virtually an open door to mono polies and multinationals, the weakening of the Public Sector and self-reliance, the growing menace of communal and divisive forces, increasing interference of imperialist forces of destabilisation across our borders, all these underline the requirements of the present day situation and the increasing role that the organised trade union movement is called upon to play The Conference, therefore, reiterated the necessity and possi bility of unity of left-led Trade Unions, particularly of the AITUC and CITU on the basis of four common fundamental premises viz, class struggle, anti-imperialism, secularism and international solidarity. Such unity will not come about auto matically, but will require sustained campaigning and struggle at all levels and the AITUC Unions will have to take more vigorous initiatives The broader unity and united actions on common issues will of course continue and has to be strengthened The coming period as reflected in various decisions and resolutions of the Congress is one of united struggles, of struggle for unity and national integrity, against the Govern ment’s policies and their adverse impact on the life and living of the working people. The five Commissions appointed by the Plenary session afford ed opportunity for in-depth study of the key issues facing the Trade Union movement viz.. Trade Union Rights, the impact of Government’s new Economic & Industrial policies, national integration and communal harmony, Un-organised Sector Workers and Trade Union Unity. The open session of the Congress began with an impres sive procession whiph paraded the main thoroughfares of the city of Baroda culminating at the Conference campus in a mass / rally which was addressed by the Mayor of Baroda Municipal Corporation who was also Chairman of the Reception Com mittee, the AITUC President Chaturanan Mishra and General Secretary Indrajit Gupta. Earlier, the AITUC red flag was hoisted by Bhalchandra Trivedi, General Secretary, Gujarat State AITUC and also Secretary of the Reception Committee. Wreaths were placed at the martyrs’ column specially erected on the occasion, by the foreign delegates apd office-bearers of the AITUC. The delegates’ session started on the 16th December morning and the President along with Vice-Presidents present consti tuted the presidium comprising of Chaturanan Mishra and Vice Presidents J. Chitharanjan, N. K. Krishnan, B. D. Joshi, Homi Daji, K. G. Srivastava, Bhagwan Thorat and M. S. Krishnan. The Congress adopted a resolution at the outset condoling the passing away since the Bangalore Session, of prominent personalities. Trade Union leaders and activists of India and abroad, of the martyrs of Punjab who were gunned down "by terrorists, of the victims of Bhopal Gas tragedy. Special men tion was made in the concolence resolution of the four AITUC leaders viz. P. Balchandra Menon, P. K. Thakur, Naresh Dutta and Kalyan Roy, and Prabhat Kar, leader of the Bank employe es—who passed away during the period. The address of the Chairman of the Reception Committee was read out in his absence. The Conference appointed a Resolutions Committee and a Credentials Committee. The President’s address and General Secretary’s report in Hindi and English, were circulated in advance to the delegates. About forty delegates participated in the discussion on the General Secretary’s Report. The Conference decided to set up five commissions and those who will conduct the work of each of the Commissions and report back to the plenary session. The details are as follows: (1) On National Integration— Chaturanan Mishra, S. K. Sanyal and Madan Lal Didi. (2) On Trade Union Rights— Homi Daji and T. N. Siddhanta. (3) Impact on workers of the new economic policies of the Government— M. S. Krishnan, Y. D. Sharma and B. D. Joshi. (4) Un-organised Sectors— Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour, J. Chitharanjan and Srinivas Rao. (5) T. U. Unity— A. B. Bardhan and K. G. Srivastava. Besides the Commission Reports which provide for guidelines of the AITUC on the key issues facing the Trade Union move ment, a large number of resolutions were adopted. Some of the important ones are (a) in support of the prolonged strike of A.P. State Government employees; (b) Call for making the forthcoming one-day strike of Public Sector Workers on 21 January, 1987 a complete success; (c) against the decision of the Government to raise the drug prices by 12 to 25 percent and the new Drug policy; (d) reiterating support to the struggle of the people of South Africa against the racist regime and calling upon unions to organise collection of solidarity fund for the freedom fighters of South Africa as decided jointly by the ten central trade union organisations. Unlike at any time in the past, in the present session, only three delegations were invited to personally deliver their mess age of greetings at the Plenary Session viz., that of the WFTU, the Soviet Trade Unions (AUCCTU) and the representative of South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). Speeches of other delegations were circulated to the delegates and to the press and are deemed to be part of the Conference docu ments. Messages were received among others from the All China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-India Kisan Sabha. According to the report of the Credentials Committee,^'the 33rd Session was attended by 2245 delegates representing-^622 Unions with a total membership of 34,66,253. i.I Apart from the WFTU, 19 fraternal delegates representi^j 18 countries and 9 fraternal organisations were present. ★ I. The 33rd Session deeply condoles the passing away of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who was assassinated by terro- rists backed by imperialists on 31st October 1984. II. The 33rd Session mourns the death of: 1. Olof Palme 2. Moses Mabhida 3. James Milne 4. Sarath Muttetawegama 5. Yuri Andropov 6. Juan Pester Perez (Colombia) 7. Paiz Ahmed Paiz 8. Marshal Dmitry Ustinov 9. Chan Sy (Kampuchea) 10. Konstantin Chernenko 11. Hemmy Croes (Venezuela) 12. Md. Munir 13. Enriquo Berlinger 14. Benjamin Moloise 15. Nguyen Due Thuan (Vietnam) 16. Samora Machel 17. V. M. Molotov 18. Le Duan 19. Mikhail Sholokov 20. Henry Winston III. During the last three years the AITUC lost five of its prominent leaders—Kalyan Roy, Barin Choudhury, N. C. Dutta, P. K. Thakur and P. Balchandra Menon and a promin- ent leader of the trade union movement particularly of white collar employees, Prabhat Kar—they deserve special mention. IV. The 33rd Session condoles the death of the following lea ders and activists of the trade union movement during the last 3 years: 1. V. D. Deshpande 2. A.V.G. Nair 3. Hari Bandhu Behera 4. P, K Kurane 5. Sudhir Mukhoti 6. Rabindranath Mishra 7. D, D. Vashist 8. Umalal Sinha 9. Bhupal Dey 10. V. T. Abraham 11. Arabinda Ghosh 12. Nir an Jan Dihidar 13. Prafulla Chakravarty 14. Ashok Bose 15. Parimal Mitra 16. Inderjit Singh 17. J. P. Sharma 18. J. C. C. Satyanarayana 19. Shantilal Vasa 20. Suryakant Kshirsagar 21. Sibbanlal Saxena 22. Chittesh Das Gupta 23. Sur Singh Munda 24. N. Balu Rao 25. Amar Chakravarty 26. Nanjukutty 27. N C. Sekhar 28. Umesh Singh 29. Ram Deo Singh 30. Yogender Singh 31. Ram Charitar Mahato and his brother shot dead. V. The 33rd Session pays hamage to the following prominent personalities who passed away during the period; 1. Sant Longowal 2. Tenzing Norgay 3. K. C. George 4, A. S. Vaidya 5. Abdur Rezzak Khan 6. Sarada Mitra 7. Somnath Lahiri 8. Aga Syed Ahmed 9. M. N. Govindan Nair 10. P. Sundarayya 11. Rajinder Singh Bedi 12. Dr. Nayudamma 13. Firaq Gorakhpuri 14. J. V. Subamma 15. Katragadda Gangayya 16. T. Anjaiah 17. Darshan Singh Canadian 18. Arjun Singh Mastana 19. Sumeet Singh and 14 others gunned down by terrorists in Punjab 20. S. Narayanan 21. Dr. B, K. Basu 22. Kishori Prasanna Sinha 23. Kunjuni Nair 24. Badu Jagjivan Ram 25. Mohini Srivastava 26. Shamsher Singh Josh 27. Chandra Sekhar Singh 28. Smita Patil VI. The 33rd Session of the AITUC pays homage to all those who fell victim to the Bhopal gas tragedy two years ago in which more than two thousand died and many more thousands affected by gas inhalation. ★ WELCOME ADDRESS OF THE CHAIRMAN RECEPTION COMMITTEE Dr. Jatin V. Modi, Mayor, Vadodara Municipal Corporation I Dear Friends, comrades and dear guests from abroad. I deem it a great privilege and honour to give the warmest greetings and welcome to you all, delegates who have come to this session of the AITUC, from all parts of India and frater nal delegates who have come from afar from all parts of the world, from socialist and capitalist countries, to express their solidarity with the AITUC and the Indian working class.