BIZ-IT-UNION

Kolkata IT employees plan to form trade union body
    Kolkata, Jun 26 (PTI) IT employees in the metropolis
have drawn up plans for forming a trade union body to protest
against alleged unfair labour practices in the industry.
    The IT professionals have formed a platform -- Kolkata
Forum for IT Employees (FITE) -- and has already applied for
registration as the proposed trade union body for the IT,
ITeS, BPO and KPO industries operating in West Bengal.
    "The decision to create this platform had been
triggered and accelerated by the sheer number of incidents of
unfair labour practices, which cannot be resisted by the IT
employees individually," a spokesman of FITE told PTI.
    Citing examples, he said that when recession hits the
market, the IT sector faces the heat and thousands of
employees lose jobs, besides "forceful resignations and
illegal terminations".
    The FITE is in the process of getting legally
registered, the spokesman added. PTI DC
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