Friends,
TCS is in the process of laying off 25,000 employees. All those guillotined are our colleagues. The CEOs call it jobs chopping. You might have escaped the blood bath now. Who next and when? The threat is hanging over all of us
They lift us straight from campus, and by the time we reach mid thirties we are sucked dry and are ready to be thrown out. For them this is corporate Dharma. At a time, when we look forward to a fruitful career and peaceful family life, we are forced to make a fresh start in the job market competing with kids just out of college.
Our corporate leaders know what this entails! Depressions, broken homes and suicides. Still they will ram through this round of layoff and a succession of further layoffs. They are concerned only about their quarterly profit margins.
What is worse, we look at this corporate injustice as some sort of natural calamity, against which one can do nothing. Thousands of people leave in tears. In IBM employees are humiliated, asked to leave on the spot, their laptops confiscated by the guards. Even a meek illiterate woman would resist rape. But we don’t raise a finger in protest, when a friend’s job is chopped off in our next cubicle. This calamity unfolds in front your own eyes, yet you choose to remain silent – to save your job.
Can you? It is only a matter of time before every IT employee in his thirties is to face this situation. The only way to smash this job cutting machine is to Unionize! The Corporates unionise themselves as NASCOM and blacklist the ones who dare to speak against them. But some of us think that union is a business of workers. What is the difference between an axed TCSer and an axed FOXCONNer? The pay cheque?
As the vanguard of 21st century hi tech universe, we network in the virtual world and ensure security for systems we design, implement and maintain. It’s time we network ourselves as a union and ensure security and honour for our own lives. After years of toil, we can’t be thrown out as dirty rags.
A collective action of workers in an industry like Hyundai would affect industrial production in a unit, and some of its ancilliaries. But a threat of collective action by IT workers, would send shivers down the spine of NASSCOM, and Europe and US would feel the tremors of our action.
But fear is the key corporates hold. The fear that one loses his job on forming an union, is not unique to IT employees. Workers who try to organize are threatened with dismissal in every industry. Only those who defy such threat, save their jobs and save their honour. If they cut your job to increase their profit, threaten them with loss. Their fear of loss could earn you your job.
25K+ TCSers in Chennai and 3 lakh+ overall. This is your collective might. You have to unionize. We understand your anxieties and hesitations. As we have successfully organized unions in various industries, we believe we could together fight this layoff.
We, NDLF together with vinavu.com have organized a meeting of trade union leaders, legal experts and IT industry people. We invite you to the meeting to get answers to your queries and share your ideas.
By
New Democratic Labour Front, Tamil Nadu.
Contact:
https://www.facebook.com/VinavuCombatsLayoff
Phone : 90031 98576
Mail: combatlayoff@gmail.com
“”New Democratic Labour Front””” – What _ is “NDLf”???? The ________TCS guys were getting lacs of salary and they did nothing worthwhile for the society. Have they ever taken part in any protest or struggle of other companies employees??? What was the last initiative done by the TCS employees when a lady employee got raped and killed in the “IT corridor”?? Was there any “Strike” or “Protest”??? How many of their children are studying in “government” run schools???… They deserve it… “Vinavu” is trying to grap this opportunity to show-case themself as a “warrior” of the working class!!! They wanted ALL the EX-TCS _____ to become “Naxalites” __________
“The Corporates unionise themselves as NASCOM and blacklist the ones who dare to speak against them. But some of us think that union is a business of workers.”
Excellent logic! If not the layoff, the so called ‘Blacklisting’ by NASSCOM should be stopped immediately! Who gave them the rights? It is outright illegal!
Bye!
Cineam Virumbi
Also what will this Union do when nothing can be done for 8000 Nokia employees by Unions and nothing is being done in another compnay in that area.
In another thread you supported layoff and coporates. Here you are trying to seed distruct among employess. IT people be aware of this corporated fellows.
//In another thread// Its false allegation! You would have put reference link to support your absurd and defame if you have one.
By putting this lame argument, you try to make distrust.. It has strong enough circumstantial evidence that you must be Corporate ill minded one. You are the one who trying to Distract and mislead the people.
Ramesh’s comment is a reply to Unmai_Suttathu_Sudikirathu_Sudam (USSS).
ramesh & தென்றல்,
i am sorry! i was mistaken..
Why should someone be beware of me?
You are presenting your views on how Unions will help. I am presenting my views why Unions will not be of any help
I will be there in all the threads wherever Unions are highlighted as the “redeemer” of all the problems of employees.
If i am seeding distrust why dont you try seeding trust among employees by listing down the achievements of the UNIONs? May be you should start with the stories of Nokia, Foxconn and then later extend it to HPF etc etc.
Dont be afraid of alternate views. In a democracy alternate views are the one which bolster the cause.
If anyone is convinced with your views they will join your Union and if they are convinced with mine they will not. Isnt that truly decmocratic??
/Why should someone be beware of me?/
Because you are a corporate supporter, you are supporting layoff. At the same time you are shedding crocodile tears on empoyees.So working class should be aware of people like you. You are against them.
/ May be you should start with the stories of Nokia, Foxconn and then later extend it to HPF etc etc./
You corporates sucked bloods of our workers and exploited them. Got millions of tax benifits. did tax evasion. Now going to left thounsends into jobless. What a arrogence.
/Dont be afraid of alternate views. In a democracy alternate views are the one which bolster the cause./
Tell this to your coporates masters. Ask them not to afraid of alternate views and recognize workers union.