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Union of IT & ITES Employees (UNITE)

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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Week 38 – Laws, Rights and Collective Bargain Case Studies

Posters on mandatory aspects that need to be in the joining letter and what law directs a company w.r.t wage, when an employee dies or absconds, were contributed by various Circles for the Week 38 as part of #DidYouKnow series.

Obituary to Kalyan, Wipro

We are deeply saddened to inform the unfortunate demise of Mr. Kalyanaraman R (Kalyan), employed in WIPRO due to Cardiac Arrest on 17th September 2020. Kalyan was an active member with dedication towards helping colleagues in distress and introducing them to the union. He was leading the Circle 3 towards learning Laws and Rights as…
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Week 37 – Laws, Rights and Collective Bargain Case Studies

Posters on how to challenge a dismissal, penalties for offense of employer and what railwaymen union on 1932 did, were contributed by various Circles for the Week 37 as part of #DidYouKnow series.

Week 36 – Laws, Rights and Collective Bargain Case Studies

Posters on a section of Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and what an employees Union did in 1929 were contributed by various Circles for the Week 36 as part of #DidYouKnow series.

Week 35 – Laws, Rights and Collective Bargain Case Studies

Posters on time of payment of wage, what are legal deductions, what can be done if there are unlawful deduction and role of Madras workers in formation of India’s first ever federation of Trade Unions were contributed by various Circles for the Week 35 as part of #DidYouKnow series.

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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Week 34 – Laws, Rights and Collective Bargain Case Studies

Posters on Payment of Wages Act, Paid holidays, Google’s Project Maven, Gaming industry unionization, and a historical case study on major strike were contributed by various Circles for the Week 34 as part of #DidYouKnow series.