Category: Press Releases

Union of IT & ITES Employees (UNITE)

Calling all IT & ITES Employees to support General Strike

The issues for IT and ITES employees in the labour codes and why we should protest against it. புதிய தொழிலாளர் சட்டங்களால் IT மற்றும் ITES தொழிலாளர்களுக்கு இருக்கும் பிரச்சனைகள் குறித்தும் நாளை (26 Nov) நடைபெறவிருக்கும் நாடு தழுவிய வேலைநிறுத்தம் குறித்தும் UNITE பொதுச் செயலாளர் பேசுகிறார். #UNITE #Unionize #TogetherWeBargain

IT and ITES Employees extends solidarity to General Strike

Support, Solidarity and Action for November 26th 2020

T & ITES employees extend our solidarity to `March to Delhi’ and `Parliament gherao’ planned on November 26, 27th, 2020 called by the Farmers organizations against the anti-farmer legislation enacted by the Union Government of India and demanding withdrawal of all anti-farmer legislation. IT & ITES employees support the General Strike to be held on…
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WFH regulation demands submitted to Labour Commissioner

On October 10th 2020, a section of IT & ITES employees protested against the NASSCOM’s policy recommendations for WFH, as it is a path way to Modern Slavery. As a continuation to our struggle to protect employees welfare, on October 12th 2020, a memorandum of demands related to regulating Work From Home to employees welfare…
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IT Employees Protest against NASSCOM

IT Employees Protest against NASSCOM

UNITE thanks and congratulates its members for participating in the protest called on 10th October 2020 against the Union government and Nasscom on the below demands, 1) Reject Nasscom recommendations on Work From Home as they are akin to modern slavery with no respite to employees.2) Enact laws to regulate Work From Home to protect…
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UNITE against NASSCOM

Protest against NASSCOM’s Policy recommendations on WFH

The Indian Union Government has recently passed Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and the Code on Social Security, 2020. The three codes were passed when MPs from opposition parties protest against the Farm Bills passed in an undemocratic way. We believe the three Codes passed in Lok…
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IT & ITES Employees stand with protesting Farmers

#BharatBandh #NoToFarmsBill #AntiFarmerBills IT & ITES Employees extend their solidarity to Farmers protest happening across our country today! (25th September 2020). UNITE believes, these legislations will destroy Indian agriculture and our farmers as we know it. This handover of the entire sector to big agribusiness corporates will lead to the abolishing of minimum support price…
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IT & ITES employees dissent on the three labour Codes passed on Lok Sabha

UNITE opposes the Anti-farmer and Anti-Worker legislations passed by the Central Union Government. On behalf of the IT & ITES Employees, we express our solidarity to the National Protest day called by various central unions on 23rd September 2020. We believe the three Codes passed in Lok Sabha are not progressive in the interest of…
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Infosys’s attempt to curtail the voices of its employees!

We condemn the act of Infosys to curtail the voices of its employees! Freedom of speech is a fundamental right granted by the Indian Constitution to its Citizens, Infosys cant curtail it! Confession pages are the popular means of expressing employees dissent in an organization which is undemocratic with an autocratic board. We like to…
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UNITE’s recommendations to Draft Central Rules of Code on Wages 2019

As part of upholding the employees interest in policy making, UNITE has written a set of detailed recommendations for the draft (Central) Rules of Code on Wages 2019. Salient features of the recommendations are, Calculate 6 adults as a family for calculating minimum wages instead of proposed 3 adults. Considering parents/dependents such as widowed/unmarried sisters…
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Joint statement of IT & ITES employees unions against illegal retrenchments and demanding immediate reinstatement of Trade Union leaders.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic period the IT and ITES Multi National Companies like Cognizant, Wipro, Hexaware, Capgemini, Accenture, etc., illegally retrenching thousands of employees across the country. Quarterly reports of these companies shows more than 25000 IT & ITES Employees lost their employment during this Pandemic period. All the IT & ITES employees unions across…
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