CITU petitions ILO over ‘suppression of workers’ rights by Centre and Uttar Pradesh governments’
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has filed a complaint with the International Labour Organization (ILO) regarding violations of workers' rights by the Indian and Uttar Pradesh governments. The complaint highlights systematic suppression of trade union rights and coercive state actions against workers in Noida and Greater Noida. CITU is urging the ILO to take action to protect workers' rights and ensure compliance with international labor standards.
- ▪CITU has raised concerns over violations of freedom of association and collective bargaining rights.
- ▪The complaint cites mass arrests and police violence against workers during protests in April.
- ▪CITU is calling for the release of detained workers and an independent inquiry into police actions.
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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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