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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

REPORT ON THE 16TH CONFERENCE OF COLLIERY MAZDOOR SABHA OF INDIA (CITU)

Report on the 16th Conference of Colliery Mazdoor Sabha of India (CITU) held on 19th and 20th December, 2009 at Bikash Chowdhury Nagar & Chittabrata Majumder Mancha at Kajora in Burdwan district.

Number of delegates attended: 538
Number of women delegates attended: 16
Number of observers attended: 47
Number of delegates taking part in discussion: 36

Leaders of Central Trade Unions such as INTUC, AITUC, BMS and UTUC delivered congratulatory address to the conference.

A Central Committee consisting of 137 members was elected unanimously.
A Working Committee consisting of 38 members was elected unanimously.

Com. Bamapada Mukherjee was reelected as President. Com. Vivek Chowdhury was elected new General Secretary and Com. Tapan Chakraborty as Treasurer.

The Conference adopted the 9 (nine) resolutions unanimously on the following subjects.

(1) Soaring Price Rise;
(2) Workers-Peasants Fraternity
(3) Labour Laws;
(4) Attempt to create a reign of terror by TMC and its allies;
(5) Continuous strike by jute workers in West Bengal;
(6) Disinvestment in Public Sector Undertakings by UPA Government
(7) Non-implementation of Clause 176 of International Labour Organization concerning social security by the UPA Government;
(8) Subsidence, gas, fire resulting from unscientific coal mining operation in the entire Raniganj Coalfields and rehabilitation of the adversely affected population;
(9) Pension, Provident Fund, Gratuity etc.

The Open Session at Searsole Raj Maidan, Raniganj on 20-12-2009 was addressed by Com. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, Com. M.K. Pandhe, President, CITU, Com. Vivek Chowdhury, newly elected General Secretary and Com. Bansa Gopal Chowdhury, M.P. , Com. Bamapada Mukherjee, President, presided over the same. About 1, 50,000 people attended the massive gathering.

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