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Trade unions created jobs: Anathalavattam Anandan

Trade unions created jobs: Anathalavattam Anandan

It is trade union work that has created jobs in Kerala, said CITU state president Anathalavattam Anandan. For production to grow, workers' purchasing power must rise, and trade unions struggle to raise workers' purchasing power and incomes, he said. He was inaugurating the formation of the state-level support committee for the Muthoot workers' strike. The living conditions we see today were created through countless struggles led by the workers' movement, he said.

The Muthoot management's position is that it will not accept union activity.

The position that the laws in force in India cannot be allowed in their establishment cannot be accepted. Is it a crime to strike to get the minimum wage withheld for five years, Anathalavattam asked.

To make the strike a success, a strike support committee will be formed in every district, and then in every branch, to strengthen the strike further, Anathalavattam Anandan said.

NGO Union general secretary T C Mathukutty handed over Rs 15,08,780 collected by the union's state committee as a strike support fund to Nisha K Jayan and C C Ratheesh. CITU district president P R Muraleedharan handed over the district committee's first instalment of support, and LIC Agents Organisation of India (CITU) president M K Mohanan also handed over a contribution. A 50-member general committee was formed, with Prof. M K Sanu as chairman of the strike support committee and C M Dineshmani as general convener.

CITU national secretary K Chandran Pillai presided. CITU district secretary C K Manisankar welcomed the gathering and Muthoot Finance unit state secretary Nisha K Jayan proposed the vote of thanks. CPI(M) district secretary C N Mohanan, state committee member C M Dineshmani, S Sarma MLA, CITU state secretary K N Gopinath, CPI(M) district secretariat member M P Pathrose, Sebastian Paul, K N Raveendranath, M M Lawrence, Adv. M R Rajendran Nair, K A Ali Akbar and Non-Banking and Private Finance Employees Union (CITU) general secretary C C Ratheesh spoke.