Thursday 19 September 2013

Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

 

Dear all,

The same commission raj pervade in trade union sector also. Here is a new trend.
I am from Eranakulam District, My company is a trading firm where trade-unions having exclusive right for doing loading and unloading work in our premises.
�Till recently they were doing it their own, but they now outsource the same work to Bengali Migrant workers.�
This is how the economics works.
Its Rs 250/- per ton for trade unions under labor contract approved by government.
For a normal load of 12 tons they fetch Rs 3,000/-.
Now they hire 3 north indian workers for Rs 350/- each(Remember, its a regular work for the migrants so they its a tempting offer for them) and it cost the unions just 1000/- and the workaholic bengali's complete the work in 2 hours(which extends to 8 hours with lazy trade union workers). They deploy the same workers to other 4 neighboring company's too under the same pay and reap a windfall.�
Now at the end of the day who gains/ Who lose?
The migrant worker- who earns his pie. He is happy with his 350.
The Company(Us): No lose as the work completes in a record time(2 hours instead of 6 or 8)
The Unions: Reap a bounty of �Rs 2000/- with no sweat and the same from other companies.(My rough estimate of Rs 10,000 Per day on normal business days, Their cost = sweat of 3 migrant labors at Rs 1000/- with no overtime pay or rest )
And the scene doesn't end there.
Union distribute the bounty with to the members of 8, its almost Rs 1,000/ member. All day they play the cards and sleep with just one member on turn-basis �to supervise the migrant workers.And the routine, they march to Beverages Outlet, queue up for Rs 2/- rice in ration shops and occasional processions and sloganeering for the party�
Here the only loser is the society and the the millions of unemployed youth in kerala.The unions hijack the prospects of new investment and new opportunities in Kerala
� � � � � � � � � Now the communists has to redefine Marxism and �his Dialectical Materialism in the light Kerala experience.
Comrades, Answer us
Who is the oppressor?
Who is the oppressed?
Who eats the sweat?�
Who is the real bourgeoisie?
�
� �-Ansar


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:05 AM, austin clement <ktaclement@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Middle men make 10 to 20 times the gains while actual farmer ( producer) investing hard work and money taking all the risks gets a pittance.
Further, the middle men control the market prices.
�The Co- op Societies have to play a more important role to give the farmer his due share and the common man gets the commodity at a lower price. Such objectives of the Co-operatives are quite often forgotten, when politicians are placed to head/ control such Co-ops.

Co-ops should be managed by the farmers /producers themselves, with professional assistance from outside for mechanization, processing, storage,value addition, marketing etc.Punjab is an example in this ,for the same reason It has the well-to-do farmers. More than 40 years back all the punjabi farmers were using tractors and tillers in their fields.Look at Kerala even today most farmers are unable to use these due to perverted political ideologies. Change in Kerala came only too late,when Agriculture virtually stopped, mainly due to high labor costs in spite of good weather and water.


From: John Thomas <joal0791@yahoo.com>
To: Keralites@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "drtitusjohn@gmail.com" <drtitusjohn@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 18 September 2013 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala

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Dear,

There is no surprise in this. For the last so many years, farmers in this country are suffering from this. Tomato which is bought @ Rs 2 from the farmers are being sold @ Rs 20 or 30 in the market. The Rs 2 paid to the farmer is again not from their pocket but from the advance paid by their clients.

From: Shafeeq
To: Keralites@yahoogroups.com
Cc: drtitusjohn@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:55 PM
Subject: [www.keralites.net] A new work culture in Kerala



DR. TITUS JOHN
A friend of mine, who is a doctor in Thiruvananthapuram, called me the other day to tell this story. He recently built a house in one of the city suburbs. One day, a man who lives nearby, came and asked him why he still had no curtains on the windows.
Doctor, he said, this is a beautiful, new house. But where are the curtains? You need curtains.
Curtains, he said, would look nice on this new building. My friend told the man that he would call him after some time. The man gave my friend his address and left. A month later, my friend decided to put curtains and went in search of this man. But when he enquired in the locality, he was told that there was none who stitched curtains.
After a couple of days, the man again appeared before my friend. Doctor, it seems you came searching for me. My friend told him that he was indeed there but could not locate him. To this, the man replied, True doctor, it is me and my brother who are doing this. I will bring him soon.
And off he went. But a few days later, both were back. When the doctor gave the specifications for the curtains, they said they would return. They were true to their word but they brought with them an emaciated man. This man took the measurements and the curtains were ready in a week.
But what were the first two doing? Of course, we all know what they were doing. They did nothing. But they made money out of the poor tailors labour and sweat. And this is the latest and rapidly spreading work culture in every field of activity in Kerala.
Who on earth said you cannot catch fish without wetting your hands?
(The writers email: drtitusjohn@gmail.com)
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