The recent unofficially released results of trade union verification carried out by the Ministry of Labour have thrown up a few, very significant indicators of the labour movement. First, the verification has shown that trade union membership has increased considerably....
It has become a fashion among intellectuals and the mass media to denigrate trade unions as economistic, selfish and oblivious to national, political and social imperatives. Such accusations serve the needs of the neo-liberal regime of the international coalition of industrial and finance capital well. ...
The Ministry of Labour, Government of India (GoI), recognises Central Trade Union Organisations (CTUOs) as those trade union organisations, the affiliates of which are spread over at least four states and in four industries and have 5 lakh members. ...
Chief Labour Commissioner (central) on trade union verification process....
At a conference in Vienna in early November 2006, many major international and some national trade unions formed a new organisation. Unlike previous such launchings, however, this occurred without any general global upsurge of union protests or expressions of labour self-confidence, and without public knowledge. ...
The final congresses of the ICFTU and of the WCL took place in Vienna on 31 October 2006. This was followed by the inaugural congress of the ITUC, which includes almost all members of the two former internationals as well as a number of non-aligned national centres. ...