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Achievement of Didi/TMC in WB. Good management and pre-emptive action by state led to turn around. TMC State govt is also taking some innovative steps to help unorganised labour in the state.
Survey shows sharp fall in strikes, rise in mandays
Survey shows sharp fall in strikes, rise in mandays
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee, known to be a staunch believer in the motto: Work comes first, has finally been able to make an impact on the people of Bengal. The work force in the state seems to have woken up to the chief minister's 'no strike' call. Going by statistics, the mandays lost due to bandhs have dropped manifold.
In a recent survey conducted Workers across the state seem to have responded to chief minister Mamata Banerjee's appeal 'no strike' appeal, going by the labour department, survey that shows the number of mandays lost due to strikes declined to 60,000 in 2011-12 from 65.80 lakh in 2010-2011.
State labour minister Purnendu Bose said that the finding was very encouraging. "The report shows that strikes in factories across the state have come down and work days have increased," Bose said. finding is interesting,
Considering the fact that most strikes were held when the Trinamool Congress was in the opposition, the statistics are motivating.
The report makes a comparative analysis on how the number of mandays lost declined. It further elucidates how the says the new government adopted a proactive and balanced approach to industrial disputes, based on its 'Save Industry, Save Workers' principal that strongly discourages work stoppage.
"Working on this approach, we have found that while 68 lakh mandays were lost in 2009-10 and 65.80 lakh in 2010-2011, only 60,000 mandays were lost in 2011-2012. These figures, however, do not include lockouts in factories. The report also says that mandays lost due to lockouts have substantially declined in 2011-12 as compared to the previous years," said Bose.
The minister said that there have been very few strikes in the last one year. Apart from a statewide strike by Left trade unions on February 28 which raised a lot of this year raised controversy, Besides, there have been strikes for about 10 to 12 days in the North Bengal tea gardens. The labour department is currently working on the coming out with
'The Samajik Mukti Cards will somewhat resemble a smart card and help workers in the unorganized sector to avail of several benefits. smart card like card that will entitle unorganized sector workers to several benefits.
At present, there are about one lakh workers in the unorganized sector which workers who include those from the various self help groups.
The department is also working on setting up a first-of-its-kind computerized employment bank. The database will have names and details of all those people who have enrolled themselves. where details of those who have enrolled will be on a computerized data base.
Those enrolled will also have online access to information about jobs available in particular fields. Currently, some 68 lakh unemployed people are enrolled in about the 70 employment exchanges across the state.
Samajik Mukti Cards' that will be issued soon to the workers in the for unorganized sector. workers that Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had announced this at a programme in Salt Lake stadium earlier this year. "We are trying hard to introduce this card by June," the minister said.
