People's Democracy

Working Committee Decisions

1. Countrywide independent campaign on the demands of the working class, focusing specifically on issues like legislation for the agricultural workers, legislation for the unorganised sector workers with a meaningful state funded benefit-defined social security scheme, national employment guarantee scheme, revival of sick PSUs, reviewing of the Electricity Act 2003 and welfare schemes for women as incorporated in the CMP.

2. Campaign demanding change in the direction of the economic policies; build up resistance against the unwarranted dilution of government stake in the PSUs, privatisation of airports and allowing higher foreign participation in telecom, civil aviation, insurance, banks and other strategic sectors of the economy; oppose de-reservation of the items reserved for small scale units; campaign demanding roll back of the price hike in petrol, diesel and cooking gas.

3. Countrywide campaign focussing on general non-enforcement of basic labour laws in most of the states in respect of minimum wages, social security and safety with direct patronage of the concerned administration and against repression on the trade union movement demanding implementation of basic labour laws.

4. Organise joint trade union campaign and struggle against reduction in the interest rate on provident fund and other savings, perpetuation of the new defined-contribution pension scheme for new central government employees, besides imposition of tax on the terminal benefits under the scheme.

5. Pay more attention to organise the unorganised sector workers and form sub-committees and coordination committees at the state and district level.

6. Take up the issues of working women and build struggles at the trade union level.

7. Take initiative to encourage and develop industry wise struggles of various industrial federations.

8. Organise independent campaign against communalism and other divisive trends and link them with day-to-day trade union struggles at all levels

9. Prepare for holding a massive all India convention on ‘Right to Work’ in March – May 2005.

10. Organise trade union schools in the states to cover all working committee members of the affiliated unions.

11. Redouble efforts to reach the membership target of 40 lakh.

12. Make serious efforts to activate the Sponsoring Committee of Trade Unions and the National Platform of Mass Organisations for effective mobilisation throughout the country.