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‘IT sector can’t remain outside the purview of labour laws’

Bangalore: The IT sector cannot remain outside the purview of labour laws, according to general secretary of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) Guy Ryder.

Mr. Ryder was speaking to presspersons after the conclusion of a two day “founding conference” of ITUC, Asia-Pacific, here on Thursday.

The conference facilitated the formal merger of Asia-Pacific Regional Organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the Brotherhood of Asian Trade Unions (BATU), the regional organisation of the World Confederation of Labour (WLC).

The process of globalisation had been ignoring the interests of the labour class and posing challenges for the healthy and unified trade union movements in the region. With the merger of trade union bodies that were committed to democratic principles across 29 countries, barring some countries such as China and Korea, the trade movement would gain a new impetus. It was in this context the IT sector would have to respond to labour laws, Mr. Ryder pointed out.

Referring to the challenges before the unified ITUC, Mr. Ryder said that “formal jobs had become informal” in the process of globalisation. Vice-president of AITUC, N.M. Adyanthaya, said that the merger was inevitable owing to the overall adverse impact of globalisation.

The conference discussed various issues such as workers’ rights, gender equality, industrial relations, relationship with multinational companies, working conditions, social protection, employment protection, occupational health and safety aspects, elimination of child labour, economic integration, peace, disarmament and national development in compliance with the perspectives of the ILO and WTO on the labour issue, he said.

Of the 18 million members of ITUC and BATU, 300 delegates (including 50 from India) representing 47 countries participated in the conference.

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