Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment took a Meeting with the Representatives from the Central Trade Unions

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Government of India
Ministry of Labour & Employment

15-September-2017 15:30 IST

Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar takes meeting with the representatives from the Central Trade Unions
Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment took a Meeting with the representatives from the Central Trade Unions on 14thSeptember 2017 at Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi to discuss some of the provisions in the draft Industrial Relations Code. The Meeting was attended by the representatives from 10 Central Trade Unions viz. BMS, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF and NFITU (Dhanbad). This was the first interaction meeting of Shri Gangwar with the Trade Union representatives, after taking over the charge of Ministry of Labour & Employment.

Representatives from Trade Unions appreciated the efforts of Sh. Gangwar for the working class in his earlier days in Textiles Ministry. The Labour Minister assured the participants that the Ministry will work together with the Trade Unions for the protection of interest of the workers.