On 3rd July 2022, the white paper on Parental Benefits of IT and ITES employees were released on an online session by UNITE’s working women group before comrade Malathi, National Vice President, of Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). Parental Benefits for IT/ITes Employees was a Survey conducted by Union of IT and ITES employees…
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On May 4th, IT and ITES employees along with general public raised our voices against the Tata Consultancy Services for delaying justice for a sexual harassment complaint raised by a Women employee. We salute all the supporters who showed their solidarity through twitter, facebook, instagram and whatsapp. It is the united voice against injustice and…
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On May 1st, we are celebrating the International Worker’s Day. Where the working class of the world unites to celebrate the eight-hour day work day movement. As part of the celebration, we bring you a webminar on “Learnings of May day for IT/ITES Employees”. The Speaker, S. Kannan, Joint Secretary of CITU Tamilnadu, is an…
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As part of Celebrating International Working Women’s Day on March 8th 2021, Union of IT and ITES Employees (UNITE) organized a panel discussion on “Navigating the IT Industry as a Woman”. The panelists were Women Trade Unionists working in various IT and ITES companies and presided by Dr. Kalpana, Associate Professor at IIT Madras. Entire…
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One industry that had performed well during the Covid19 period and the lockdown is the IT industry. Far from being affected, most companies have reported increased productivity and profits. For us the IT and ITES Employees, it has been a mixed bag. While some of us have come to accept and even relish the ‘work…
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Dear all, During this covid-19 period the IT and ITES multinational companies like Cognizant, Wipro, Hexaware, Capgemini, Accenture and others are illegally retrenching thousands of employees across the country. Quarterly reports of these companies show more than 25000 IT & ITES Employees lost employment during this pandemic period. The profit and revenue during the Pandemic…
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The National Coordination Committee (NCC) of IT & ITES Employees Unions met on 26th June 2020. The NCC decided to take part in the July 3rd national wide protest call given by the Central Trade Unions demanding to stop the Pro Employer Labour Law Amendments, to stop privatization of PSUs, to implement stringent punitive measures…
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A section of response to the organizational call for action against job cuts and pay cuts. #NoPayCut #NoJobCut #TogetherWeBargain #UNITE
On 29th December 2019 two important meeting happened at Coimbatore. First is the meeting of National Coordination Committee of the IT and ITES Employees Unions from different states, under the guidance of CITU. In this meeting various experiences has been shared among the unions, and collectively decided to strengthen the organisation and to campaign the…
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On growing violence against women and for Gender equality, UNITE members forming human chain at Thuraipakkam Junction tomorrow evening 6.30pm onwards. We invite IT employees and general public to join the human chain with placards to show solidarity for the affected and demonstrate your stand against gender violence. Join Us: Human Chain Against Sexual Harassment…
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