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?
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� �-Ansar
