RSS-affiliated trade union rejects proposed EPF amendmentBMS also opposed reduction of PF contribution rate from 12% to 10% and giving arbitrary power to government to fix rates.
26 Sep, 2019, 03.16 PM IST
RSS-affiliated trade union plans agitation against government PSU policiesBMS, the RSS-affiliated trade union is planning hold a large agitation in New Delhi in January 2020, to oppose government policy of disinve...
24 Sep, 2019, 12.49 PM IST
Trade unions against increasing EPFO investment in ETFs"We will oppose any proposal to increase proportion of EPFO's investments in ETFs in July 7 meeting of the Central Board of Trustees (CBT),...
03 Jul, 2016, 04.11 PM IST
Government will pursue amendment on labour laws after unanimity: FM Arun JaitleyThe BMS said in a statement that Jaitley agreed that minimum wages has to be given serious thought considering the differences in consumer ...
26 May, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
RSS affiliates like Swadeshi Jagran Manch oppose BJP government's push for economic reformsBMS asked for a rollback of the Haryana government amending a slew of labour laws and said it would hold demonstrations if it was not done.
01 Apr, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
Pay interest on retained PF or give entire amount: UnionsEarlier norms used to allow subscribers to claim 90 per cent of their accumulations for investing in the scheme after attaining the age of ...
28 Feb, 2016, 03.51 PM IST
RSS affiliated trade union to stage nation-wide protest against labour reforms ahead of BudgetRSS affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) has decided to stage nation-wide protest against any tinkering with existing labour laws.
07 Feb, 2016, 07.48 PM IST
Ten unions on strike tomorrow; essential services may be hitAs many as 12 central trade unions had given this strike call over a 12-points charter of demands, including withdrawal of the proposed ant...
01 Sep, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
Tomorrow's strike won't impact power, oil & gas supply: BMSBJP-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh today said services such as power, oil and gas supplies will not be affected by the general strike tomor...
01 Sep, 2015, 02.30 PM IST
BJP-backed BMS pulls out of proposed strike on September 2The BMS' decision to pull out was taken at a meeting of its core committee. However, the other 10 trade unions decided to stick to their gu...
29 Aug, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Demand for removing wage cap for bonus likely on ILC agendaRemoval of wage ceiling for payment of bonus and exempting small and medium units from obtaining licence to operate are part of the agenda ...
08 Jul, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
Budget 2015: Senior Citizen Welfare Fund may face trade union, legal hurdlesFM had announced setting up of the fund using the unclaimed deposits of about Rs 3,000 crore in the PPF and about Rs 6,000 crore in the EPF...
11 Mar, 2015, 04.59 AM IST
EPFO trustees to discuss investment in equity tomorrowRetirement fund body EPFO's trustees will deliberate tomorrow on investing part of over Rs 6 lakh crore corpus in equities and relaxing nor...
18 Dec, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
- RSS-linked trade union opposes FDI in insurance, threatens stir
Various central trade union organisations will be meeting on August 7 to chalk out the next course of action on the hike in FDI in insuranc...
05 Aug, 2014, 10.34 PM IST
Trade unions to oppose investment of EPFO funds in equity marketEPFO is custodian of poor workers' money and therefore the fund cannot be invested in the equity markets which are highly volatile.
25 Jun, 2014, 04.30 PM IST
Trade Unions to press for 9.5 per cent interest on PF deposits for FY'14Trade unions will press for 9.5 per cent interest on PF deposits to over five crore subscribers for the current fiscal.
07 Jan, 2014, 05.31 PM IST
Unions oppose finance ministry's proposal to offer EPFO members NPS schemeThe Finance Ministry has said the NPS scheme provides better returns than EPS-95 run by the Employee's Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) a...
11 Aug, 2013, 11.13 AM IST