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According to WTWFI, the Bill will empower Port Authority boards to make regulations on suspension, reduction in rank, compulsory retirement, removal and dismissal from service
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The Water Transport Workers Federation of India (WTWFI) has decided to participate in the nationwide strike called by the Central Platform of Trade Unions on May 20 against the proposed implementation of four labour codes.
The national working committee of WTWFI, which met in Kochi, observed that the four labour codes would take away all the basic rights of the Indian working class. Evaluating the situations prevailing in major ports, it urged the government to withdraw the decision to amend the Major Port Authorities Act 2021 through its (Amendment) Bill 2025.
According to WTWFI, the Bill will empower Port Authority boards to make regulations on suspension, reduction in rank, compulsory retirement, removal and dismissal from service.
The committee noted with serious concern that several of the amendments in the Bill will be detrimental to the workers’ interest as well as against the interest of the port.
CD Nandakumar, President and T Narendra Rao, General Secretary, WTWFI raised concern over several provisions of the Indian Ports Bill 2025 and asked the government to hold discusssions with all stakeholders including port workers federation before placing it in the Parliament.
They alleged that the intention of the Government is to divest its public ownership by handing over the ready-built valuable assets and facilities, such as a cargo handling terminal, to national and transnational corporates under National Assets Monetisation Pipeline projects. It is also important to note that the overcapacity creation in major ports is happening at a large scale, thereby the existence of several major ports is at stake in terms of cargo volume, low draft and financial crunch, they said.
The committee also called upon the port and dock workers to resort to various agitation programmes in all major ports to highlight their genuine demands, which have been pending for implementation at the national and port levels.
Published on April 28, 2025
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