Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) Deputy General Secretary Surendra Kumar Pandey on Wednesday said that the organisation is against two out of four new labour codes. Raising serious objections to some of the provisions in two codes — Industrial Relations (IR) and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, Pandey said BMS will resort to agitation if the Government passes it without taking them into confidence. He was addressing the inaugural session of the 19th Triennial Convention of Akhil Bharatiya Khadan Mazdoor Sangh, the industrial unit of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which started here at Dr Hedgewar Smriti Bhavan on Wednesday. BMS’s Coal Industry Incharge K Lakshma Reddy was chief guest of the session while President of Akhil Bharatiya Khadan Mazdoor Sangh Tikeshwar Singh Rathore presided over the function. Pandey further said that the Government is likely to implement the four labour laws from April 1, 2025.

 

“We are not against all the four laws. However, two out it are not in favour of the labours and thus we want the Government to change them,” he said. Earlier, General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Khadan Mazdoor Sangh Sudhir Ghurde presented the General Secretary's report. On the first day of the two-day convention, many resolutions were passed in the interest of regular and contract workers of the coal industry. WCL Coordinator Jayant Asole gave the welcome address. Treasurer Ashish Murthy conducted the proceedings. On the first day of the two-day convention, proposals were put forward in the interest of labourers of coal industry.