AITUC All-India conference in Coimbatore in December

COIMBATORE: Accusing the NDA government of favouring big corporate houses through proposed amendments to the labour laws, AITUC today said government was attempting to dilute the hard earned workers' rights.

The Centre was aiming to amend various labour laws which would dilute the rights of trade unions and workers. It also wanted to "grab" agriculture lands from farmers so that big corporates can start industries, CPI Central Committee member D Pandian alleged today.

It is an attempt to dilute the hard earned labour rights to favour big corporate houses, Pandian said.

He further said, at the national-level conference of AITUC to be held here in December in which an action plan will be evolved to take on the government's move.

About 6,000 delegates, including some from abroad, were expected to participate in the four-day conference beginning on December 15 in the presence of AITUC General Secretary,Gurudas Dasgupta, he told reporters here.

The conference will chalk out a strategy to counter the Government's proposed amendment to various laws, which would adversely affect the livelihood and future of lakhs of employees in the country, Pandian said.