Increasing working hours - Governments of various countries dance to the tunes of the corporates..

As already reported, the Asia Pacific Regional meeting of the Trade Union International was held at Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. In this meeting, the attacks being launched on the working class in various countries, were seriously discussed. In his speech, the president of the TUI, Com.Ali Riza (from Turkey) reported that, in the Tourism Sector of Turkey, the government has implemented a new rule, according to which workers can avail Off, only after continuously working for 10 days. In his speech, Com.P.Abhimanyu, Convenor of Communications Sector of the TUI reported that, the corporates are trying to increase the working hours in India also. He quoted the chairman of L&T saying that, Indian workers should work for 90 hours per week. He further reported that, in India also, the state governments of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have decided to increase the working hours to 12 hours per day, which comes to 72 working hours per week. Throughout the world, the corporates are increasing their exploitation of the workers by increasing the working hours and workload. Unfortunately, the governments of these countries are dancing to the tunes of these corporates. Com.P.Abhimanyu informed the TUI meeting that, BSNLEU has joined hands with the 10 Central Trade Unions of India and is fighting against the various forms of exploitations on workers.