CITU petitions ILO over ‘suppression of workers’ rights by Centre and Uttar Pradesh governments’
The Delhi State Committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has filed a complaint with the International Labour Organization (ILO), alleging systematic violations of workers' rights by the Indian central and Uttar Pradesh governments in Noida and Greater Noida. CITU claims there are widespread breaches of freedom of association, collective bargaining, and peaceful assembly. It has urged the ILO to recognize these actions as violations of core labor principles. The complaint has been submitted to the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association for review.
- ▪CITU has petitioned the ILO over alleged suppression of workers' rights in Noida and Greater Noida.
- ▪The complaint targets both the Union government and the Uttar Pradesh government.
- ▪CITU accuses the authorities of systematic violations of freedom of association and collective bargaining.
- ▪The petition calls on the ILO to formally acknowledge the violations under its Freedom of Association procedure.
- ▪The case has been referred to the ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association for examination.
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The Delhi State Committee of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has complained to the International Labour Organization (ILO) about the Union and Uttar Pradesh government’s complicity in violations of workers’ fundamental rights and the assault on trade union rights in the industrial regions of Noida and Greater Noida.The CITU, in its complaint to the ILO’s Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA), has raised concern over the “grave, widespread, and systematic violations” of freedom of association, right to organise, right to collective bargaining and right to peaceful assembly.
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