further pl read this too :(
The trade union movement in Kerala has made impressive contributions towards the cause of labour rights, but even good things can be taken too far. One of the most glaring examples of the tyranny of trade unionism has been nokku kooli, a charge that head-load workers levy just to stand by and watch. Recently, nokku kooli was enforced on the relative of a leading figurehead of the CPM, former Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan.
The nokku kooli system goes like this: a bunch of head-load workers in a particular area have the sole right to unload material from trucks. If the owner of the material insists on having it done by his own workers, or machines, he still has to pay them—just for 'looking on'.
Achuthanandan's nephew, G Peethambaran, recently unloaded six loads of rock pieces in his compound. "The rocks were brought in a tipper van and mechanically unloaded. Boys in the locality helped us carry the pieces to the construction spot. The final load came in a lorry which didn't have mechanical unloading. Head-load workers of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) arrived to unload it," he says. The CITU, incidentally, is a huge trade union affiliated to the CPM. Peethambaram is branch secretary of the CPM in Alappuzha. You would expect that relationship to save him from such extortion, but it didn't. He says, "Seeing the earlier loads, the CITU workers demanded an additional amount of Rs 1,500. They said they have a share in each load, irrespective of who actually unloads it. Finally, I had to pay Rs 750 as nokku kooli."
Peethambaran filed two complaints—one with the district collector and the other with the state CPM leadership. "We suspended two of them from primary membership of the party. The CPM will not tolerate this undesirable practice," says CB Chandra-babu, the party's district secretary in Alappuzha. The head-load workers had to give the money back to Peethambaran.
Nokku kooli has been banned by the Kerala High Court, but all major trade unions—the CITU, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and Indian National Trade Union Congress—encourage it. "Excessive mechanisation has resulted in the unemployment of labourers. The trade unions together [arrived at] a consensus that workers have to be paid compensation," says K Pradeep, district joint secretary of the BMS in Alappuzha
wise decision taken by Mr.YUSUF ALI. other wise he will have to face more troubles by the left on every stages of the project. now his loss is only 82 crore and he is ready to bear it. if this was happened at the end of the project , he will end up in more than 1000 crores. Finally he planing to shift it to bangalore. Bangalore is lucky to have this kind of project. The incident again reveals that left is never likes progress of this state. If the project have the capacity to provide 4000 jobs directly & around 10000 indirectly it will become a part of this sates industrial development.
Regards,
M.G.Mohan,
e-mail : mohan_pillai32@yahoo.com
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It is not the first time incident. This is noticed by all of us, because it stops the benefit of many and growth of the country. We have to ignore the backward party or individual who are talking against any progress in the state. Please note, They never say an alternative or a solution to the problem they talk about. They criticize looking at the people who propose the project and not the cause. When will we all be saved from these? Abraham
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