Vol. XIV No.

4 KOLKATA

FMRAI NEWS

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1 DECEMBER 2014

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5 November Victory Day Observed

It was indeed a day for rejoice for the
medical and sales representatives. On 5
November, thousands of medical and sales
representatives of the country again came out
in the streets in major cities and towns in almost
all states and Union territories to observe
Victory Day as Central government retreated
and restored Industrial Tripartite Committee for
the Sales Promotion Employees on 27 October
following countrywide protests and agitation
with impending future higher industrial actions
by FMRAI. With full enthusiasm, the Victory
Day was celebrated by way of street rallies,
processions, handbill distributions, hall
meetings, poster pasting, two wheeler rally etc.
Some of the units of UPMSRA observed the
day in different dates due to Moharrum festival.
In Jharkhand rally could not be organized due
to election code of conduct. In many districts
of Maharashtra, administration denied rally
permission due to rallies took out by dalits on
that day following incidents of atrocity against them in
Ahmednagar.
Aggrieved and infuriated medical and sales
representatives of the country had to resort to
countrywide protest and agitation beginning with 5 August
against the arbitrary and authoritarian decision of Central
government of dissolution of Industrial Tripartite
Committee for the Sales Promotion Employees in July
which was constituted in January of this year as a result
of two decades struggle by them for effective
enforcement of law, amendment and expansion of law
in the background of thousands of victimization of the

Murshidabad and Kolkata district celebrated

by way of campaign through poster pasting,
holding street corner meetings, rallies etc.
Torch light rallyprocession was organised by
Uttar Dinajpur district. Around 800 members
of Howrah, North & South 24 Parganas and
Kolkata took out a street procession from
Subodh Mallick Square which culminated in a
public meeting at Dorina Crossing, Esplanade,
addressed by FMRAIs general secretary Aloke
Banerjee its treasurer Partha Rakshit,
WBMSRU secretary Partha Roy and presided
by WBMSRU vice president Sumit Roy.
Around 2000 BSSRU members
participated in victory rallies at different units
of Bihar on 5 November. Majority of the units
organised torch light processions. At Patna,
rally was taken out from BSSR Union office
and culminated in medicine market at Govind
Rally at Satna
(more photos, Page 4) Mitra Road. Joint general secretary Anupam
Kumar addressed the meeting.
medical and sales representatives; rampant violation of
At Jharkhand unit meetings were organised and
labour laws, litigations and agitations by the medical and press statements were released.In Odisha Victory Day
sales representatives. The restoration decision came was observed in all 15 districts by organizing rallies and
amidst preparation of the medical and sales street corner meetings. In Berhampur, 200 members
representatives for massive dharna and demonstration participated in a rally which marched through the main
before Parliament in November and countrywide strike town and culminated in a street corner meeting,
in December.
addressed by the leaders of CITU, DYFI and others. In
In West Bengal, with immense enthusiasm around Cuttack, street corner meeting was organized in front of
two thousand WBMSRU members of Coochbehar, Uttar SCB Medical College & Hospital. Hall meetings were
Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, Burdwan, organized in Bolangir, Angul, Balasore and
Midnapore East, Midnapore West, Hoogly, Howrah, North Bhubaneswar.In North East, Victory Day was observed
24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Darjeeling,
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Mass Leave & Dharna by Macleods Field Workers

Nearly3000 field workers of Macleods

Pharmaceuticals out of total estimated around
4000 staged state-wise day long dharnataking
casual leave en masseon 10 November in
pursuance of two demands, as notified by
FMRAI. On the previous day, Macleods field
workers ofall divisions -Pharma, TBCare,
Gencare, Acuphar, ProcareAHT, Procare
CV, Oxalis, Osteva and Macpharmet in statewise conventions, adopted resolutions on the
demands and movement and submitted to
management next day during dharna in a
delegation at Howrah, Cuttack, Patna,
Guwahati, Allahabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh,
Raipur, Indore, Nagpur, Hyderabad,
Vijayawada, Ernakulam and Bangalore.
In pursuance of two demands settlement
of pending charter of demands and
implementation of mutually agreed decisions
arrived at in Welfare Committee meetings of
14 March 2013 and 14 April, 2014, FMRAI
notified the management for this industrial
action. Management attempted to sabotage
the programme of 10 November. Despite advance
notification, management arranged foreign trip,as an
incentive for field workers, coinciding with FMRAIs
dharna programme. But the determined Macleods field
workers did not fall prey andlarge number ofthem
protested managements attempt, refused to go and
sat in dharna.State council sub committees of FMRAI
in solidarity with Macleods field workers held gate
meetings which were addressed by leaders of FMRAI,
its state units and Macleods council.
Field workers took leave but dharna and
demonstration could not be staged but attended a
convention in Ranchidue to AcharSanhita in
Jharkhand.In Tamilnadu field workers participated in

background, all India Macleods council

committee in its meeting of 20 September
last decided movemental steps.
In Odisha, 103 out of 154 fieldworkers
participated in dharna in front of the
companys C&F at Cuttack. Gate meeting
was addressed by OSRU president
BijayKrushna Das, general secretary
Subhankar Das, Macleods council
convenerSangramKeshariMallick and others.
In North East states, field work was
completely paralysed in all 7 states. Gate
meeting at Guwahati was addressed by CRU
leader Rahul Purokayastha. Gate meeting at
Patna was addressed by BSSRUgeneral
secretary Debashish Roy and others. In West
Bengal, 204 out of total 267field workers
staged dharna at Howrah. Gate meeting was
addressed, among others, FMRAIs vice
president Alok Ganguli, Howrah district
CITUs office bearer Md. Abdul Khalek,
WBMSRU leaders Shyamal Majumdar,
(more photos, Page 3)
Dharna at Allahabad
Soumitra Mukherjee, Ranadip Choudhury,
unit level meetings taking leave. Dharna and Macleods council leaders Tapan Karmakar and Ayan
demonstration did not take place in Delhi and Gujarat. Saha.
Macleods management underplayed with the
In north-west, field workers of Punjab,Chandigarh
determination of the companys field workers who have and Himachal Pradesh staged dharna at Chandigarh.
been patiently pursuing their collective bargaining, trade Out of total 106 field workers in North-West, 90 took
union and legal rights. For upward improvement of casual leave including 10 non members of Punjab.The
service conditions, FMRAI submitted charter of convention held on the previous day was addressed
demands in 2010 which was subsequently revised and by PCMSRU general secretary Shiv Awasthy, its vice
submitted in February last. But, instead of discussing president Naginder Kumar, HPMRA Mandi Units
on the COD, management adopted delaying leaders Yatinder Thakur and Anil Sharma and Macleods
tactics.Further, despite management called grievance council convener Arvind Chaoudhry.There was no field
committee (Welfare Committee) meetings, signed worker in Haryana and J&K.According to available
minutes of understanding but did not implement many information 31 out of 35 Fieldworkers assembled in Sri
of the decisions mutually arrived at. Under the
See page-2

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FMRAI NEWS

Macleods Dharna
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Oppose Retrograde
Amendment of Labour Laws
It is another attack of Modi government on the legal rights of
the sales promotion employees. On 25 November, The Labour Laws
(Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by
Certain Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011 was passed by
majority in Rajya Sabha on 25 November and by the Lok Sabha on
28 November, 2014. By this amendment certain establishments are
exempted from submitting annual returns and maintaining registers
of 16 labour laws, one of which is the Sales Promotion Employees
(Conditions of Service) Act, 1976.
The original 1988 Act had such exemption provision for the
company establishments which are having total number of workers
up to 19. This exemption threshold has been raised from 19 to 40 by
this amendment. That means, those company establishments, which
are having total number of workers up to 40, need not submit annual
returns and maintain registers as required by different labour laws
including SPE Act. In any case they have to abide by the law. The
exemption is from submission of annual returns and maintaining
registers.
These small establishments would have to furnish just one return
in place of several returns as existing. Further, the amendment allowed
the employers to maintain registers / records electronically in computers
or other devices and submitting return electronically etc. etc.
The total number of factories and huge number of workers will
be adversely affected by this amendment as majority of the factories
employ workers less than 40. As far as the Sales Promotion
Employees are concerned, very few small scale sector companies,
having total number of workers upto 40, employ the Sales Promotion
Employees. But, the field workers must remain vigilant against any
move by the employers to take advantage of the amendment for an
escape route from maintaining registers etc. In this background,
the ongoing state-related programme and all India programme to
certain drug producing states for enforcement of SPE Act has
become priority.
There was an earlier attempt for amendment of the Act in 2005.
Parliamentary Standing Committee returned the 2005 Bill to the
government with approval of proposed stronger punishment clause
for violation, but for raising threshold for exemption recommended
consensus with the trade unions. That time government withdrew the
Bill.
The present Bill is silent on punishment clause for violation of
the laws by the employers; increased the number of labour laws
from 9 to 16; increased the threshold to 40 workers without
consultation with the trade unions; and was placed and passed by
the Parliament.
Under section 5 and Rule 22(1) under the Act, each sales
promotion employee shall be provided with appointment letter in
prescribed Form-A. But, large number of pharmaceutical companies
is issuing illegal appointment letters. With the advent of economic
liberalization, pharmaceutical companies are recruiting sales
promotion employees under the designations of officers with an
aim to push them out of the purview of SPE Act in order to deny
them the benefits of law. Further, under section 7 of the Act, employers
are to maintain service books and other registers in prescribed
formats which are also grossly violated by the employers. Ironically,
the State governments, who are to enforce this law, remain simple
onlookers. The Inspectors, appointed under the law, did not even
verify as to whether appointment letters were issued to sales
promotion employees in prescribed Form A or not, as to whether
registers are being maintained or not.
Violation of existing laws by employers and inaction of the
governments enforcement authorities are leading to large number
of victimizations, litigations and anarchy in the industry. This has
forced FMRAI to press demands before Central government for
effective enforcement of laws, for expansion of laws and constitute
Industrial Tripartite Committee for the Sales Promotion Employees
which was constituted in January this year by UPA government,
dissolved by Modi government in July and following agitation and
protest by fieldworkers again restored in October.
Against the retrograde amendment of labour laws, field workers
will oppose the Central governments move and will participate in
the national protest day on 5 December, as decided in the national
convention of joint platform of all the central trade unions and
national federations/organizations including FMRAI.
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Nagar availing casual leave and

conducted convention. In Uttar
Pradesh-Uttarakhand, 300 field
workers staged dharna in front
of C&F at Allahabad. FMRAI
secretary R P Singh, Lupin and
Deys councils all India
conveners - Sourabh Bose and
Subrata Banerjee respectively
and Macleods all India
convener
Rahul
Mishra
addressed the participants in the
gate meeting. 202 out of total
235 Macleod field workers of
Rajasthan assembled and
staged dharna before C&F at
Jaipur. Gate meeting was held
there, addressed by RMSRU
leaders Niladri Roy, Jagmohan
Joshi and others.
Despite
many
restrictions due
to

Victory Day
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by various units of CRU. In

Agartala, a rally was taken out
which culminated in a street
corner meeting at City Centre,
the prime place of Agartala.
Agartala
unit
president
ChandanBhowmik and executive
committee member Rajib Saha
addressed.
Members
of
Guwahati unit took out a
procession with banners,
posters that went through the
main road in Guwahati and
ended in a street corner meeting
in panbazar. CRU general
secretary Bikan Das addressed.
In Rajasthan, around
thousand of RMSRU members
of Bikaner, Kota, Jodhpur, Pali,
Alwar , Udaipur, Jaipur units
celebrated victory day through
rallies, special general body
meetings, gate meetings,
pamphlets distribution among
member and non members,
whole sale distributors, chemists
and doctors. Sweets had been
distributed among and beyond
the members in some of the sub
units. Both print and electronic
media gave wide coverage. In
Punjab and Chandigarh,
members of PCMSRU observed
the day through unit meetings,
rallies etc. In Chandigarh 125 field
workers attended a general body
meeting on 4 November,
addressed by unit secretary S D
Agnihotri.After then a rally was
taken out from Cheema Bhawan
and culminated at Labour
commissioner
office
of
Chandigarh. Unit general meetings
at Moga was addressed by unit
secretary SachinWadhera and at
Pathankot, addressed by unit
president
R
S
Jasrotia.Bathindaunit
organisedgeneral body meeting 19
November addressed by unit
secretary Chandermohan. A rally
was conducted from Gandhi
Market to Teacher Home.
HPMRA
membersin
Himachal Pradesh organized
rallies and gate meetings in all
its units-Mandi, Shimla, Kangra.
Dharamshala,Hamirpur, Una,

AacharSanhita for local

elections, 120 Macleods field
workers of Madhya Pradesh
staged dharna in front of C&F
at Indore. MPMSRU leader
Manish Thacker addressed the
dharna participants. Whereas in
Chattishgarh, 52 out of 72 field
workers staged dharna at
Raipur. MPMSRUs joint
generalsecretary
Naveen
Gupta, its president N P
Shukla, and others addressed
the
gate
meeting.
In
Maharashtra, 105 field workers
staged dharna at Nagpur.
In Kerala, 102 out of total
156 participated in the dharna,
held in front of C&F at
Ernakulam.
FMRAIsvice
president G.Madhu inaugurated
the dharna. Macleods council
leaders Manoj, Jyothish C. M,
and R.Ramakrishnan also
addressed. KMSRA vice
president
Paul

Vargheseinaugurated
the
convention held on the previous
day. Karnataka field workers
staged dharna in front of C&F
at Bangalore. A gate meeting
was held there, addressed by
KSM&SRA leadersChandra
Kumar and others.189 field
workers of Telengana and
Andhra Pradesh participated in
the dharnas held at Hyderabad
and Vijaywada. FMRAI secretary
T. Kameswar Rao and others
addressed the gate meetings. In
Tamilnadu, field workers took
leave and attended conventions
in Kanchipuram, Pondy,
Thanjavur, Nagercoil, Salem,
Erode,
Madurai,
Trichy,
Tirunelveli,
Coimbatore,
Dindigul andKumbakonam.
All India council Macleods
council meeting has been called
on 17-18 January to take stock
of the situation and to decide
future course.

Solan and Jassure. A rally was

organized at state centre Mandi,
was addressed by the
HPMRAgeneral
secretary
Jagdish Thakur. Media gave due
coverage.UPMSRA members In
Uttar
PradeshUttarakhandobserved the day in
a befitting manner. Victory rallies,
special
general
body
meetings,postering were held at
Basti, Ballia, Jaunpur,Gorakhpur,
Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Ghazipur,
Moradabad,
Kanpur,
Aligarh,Dehradun,
Meerut,
Bareilly,Shahjhanpur,Allahabad,
Barabanki,Sitapur, Orai and in
other places.237 members of
Jaunpur unit oraganised a historic
rally of 5 kilometer. UPMSRA
general secretary Hemant Sing
addressed the Lucknow rally at
Aminabad. Lucknow unit again
conducted a huge rally on 28
November
in
medicine
market.Ballia
meeting
wasaddressed By CPI(M)leader P
N Rai, CITUleaders and others;
UPMSRAstate
committee
members Manoj Srivastavand
RaghubanshUpadhyay.
Despite prohibitory orders on
rallies in majority districts in
Maharashtra,
MSMRA
members of Wardah, Gondia,
Amravati, Jalgaon, Dhule, Jalna
and Parbhani units took out street
processions, distributed handbills
and held unit meetings on the
Victory Day. At Nagpur,
Yavatmal, Akola, Khamgaon,
Nashik, Sangamner, Nanded,
Satara, Karad, Sangli and
Ratnagiri, large number of
MSMRA members participated in
special general body meetings
organized on this occasion. In
Gujarat, Junagadh unit observed
victory day on 5 November by
holding special unit general
meeting. FMRAIs working
committee member M. N.
Dattani explained issues
involved. Similar programmes
were conducted in Surat and
Baroda.On the Victory Day,
large number of MPMSRU
members in Madhya PradeshChattisgarh participated in
victory rallies, public meetings
at Satna, Rewa, Jabalpur, Katni,

Bhopal, Betul, Chhindwara,

Indore,
Ratlam,
Khargone,Bilaspur,Raipur and in
other places.Due to Code of
Conduct for municipal election,
Ratlam
unit
could
not
organizerally.
On the day, in Kerala,
KMSRA members conducted
victory rallies and conventions in
10 district units. Rally and
conventions were held at
Trivandrum, Trichur, Alleppey,
Palakkad, Calicut, Kasaragode,
Kannur,
Pathanamthitta,
Ernakulam and Kottayam in
which 715 members participated.
Trivandrum and Kottayam units
conducted conventions on the
previous day. In all the ten units,
the rallies were concluded in public
meeting where the leaders from
fraternal trade unions addressed.
CITU leadership and the State
Secretariat members of KMSRA
inaugurated the public meeting.
Kollam and Malapuram district unit
could not conduct the programme
on the day due to some local
issues. In Perinthalmanna,
unitsecretary E P Shibu and
KMSRAoffice bearer Lakshmi
Narayanan addressed the rally.In
Kannur,distictpresident C S
Jayanaddressed. In Tamilnadu,
hall meetings were conducted at
Kanchipuram, Vellore, Pondy,
Cuddalore, Villupyram.A bike rally
was conducted at Dharmapuri
which culminated at a street corner
meeting.5000 leaflets were printed
and distributed by units of
TNMSRA among field workers in
all the units. In Adhra PradeshTelengana, Victory Day was
observed in befitting manner.
Around 1700 members of
Srikakulam,Vijinagram,
Kakinada, Tanuku, Elur, Ongole,
Vizag, Vijayawada, Guntur,
Kurnol, Ananthapur, Hyderabad,
Kukatpally,
Secunderabad,
Warangal,
Khammam,
Mahabubnagar, Karimnagar,
Jagtial, Nalgonda and in satellite
unit Adilabad etc took out street
processions. The rallies were
addressed by IMA, two MLCs,
fraternal organizations. Both
electronic and print media covered
the news.

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COUNCIL NEWS
All India Council Conferences

Macleods Dharna Photos

German Remedies

While facing the challenges

of increasing sales pressure,
harassment, and humiliation
inside the company as well as
in the field;200 German
Remedies field workers from
West Bengal, North-East,
Odisha,
Bihar-Jharkhand,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh-Uttarakhand, Andhra
Pradesh-Telengana, Tamil Nadu
and Kerala; attended their 4th all
India council conference held at
NITTTR campus, Bhopal on 15
November. The conference

unanimously resolved to further

strengthen the unity of the
pharma council, to mobilize all
field workers of other divisions
and to remain vigilant against
unfair trading. FMRAIs president
R Viswanathan inaugurated the
conference. Former leaders of
German Remedies council, who
were specially invited, namely A
J Mukherjee, T K Biswas and R
N
Ghosh
greeted
the
participants.
Note placed by all India
convener Santanu Chatterjee

Albert David

248 elected delegates

representing nearly 500 field
workers of Albert David attended
their 3rd all India council conference
held at Comrade Manoj Dhar
Manch in Comrade Deepak
Reheni Nagar, Lucknow, during
22-23 November. The participants
came from all over the country
including Jammu & Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh, Hariyana,
Delhi,
Uttar
PradeshUttarakhand, Punjab-Chandigarh,
Maharashtra, Madhya PradeshChhattisgarh, Gujrat, BiharJharkhand, North-East, West
Bengal,
Odisha,
Andhra
Pradesh-Telengana, Tamilnadu,
Karnataka and Kerala carrying the
strong message of unity and
struggle. Entire Motinagar area of
Lucknow, the venue of the
conference, was decorated with
posters and chain flags.
CITUs vice president and
FMRAIs former general secretary
J S Majumdar inaugurated the
conference. He called upon the

participants to get prepared to fight

in defence of field workers
profession which is at present
under tremendous attack. He also
suggested to launch movement
in
defence
of
Indian
pharmaceutical
companies
including the public sector
undertakings. He narrated how
Albert Davids brand Placentrex
was banned due to multinationals
pressure on the government
including the drug authority and
how FMRAI fought at different
levels to withdraw such ban. He
cautioned the participants against
the tendencies of opportunism
and parasitism which should
neither come in the way of
advancing bilateral industrial
relation nor become a hindrance
in advancement of council
movement.
32 participants including one
woman field worker from West
Bengal discussed the report
placed by the all India convener
R N Tiwari which was adopted

was
discussed
by
24
participants
and
was
unanimously adopted. FMRAIs
general secretary Aloke Kumar
Banerjee in his deliberation
explained the onslaught on the
working class due to corporate
friendly and anti-people policies
pursued by the successive
central governments. He also
narrated the rampant law violation
by the employers of the
pharmaceutical industry. He
urged upon the participants to
remain vigilant to protect the
rights and gainsthat were
achieved through struggle.
Others who addressed include
FMRAIs joint general secretaries
Dipak Bhattacharya and K B
Kadam; its secretary Kameswar
Rao; MPMSRUs general
secretary Shailendra Sharma and
treasurer Anurag Saxena.
A presidium consisting of K
R Rao, AshimGhosal, N S
Lamba, Sandip Chaturvediand
KSubramanian conducted the
proceedings.

unanimously.
The conference was concluded
by FMRAIs general secretary
Aloke Kumar Banerjee. He
congratulated the Albert David
field workers for achieving eight
successive wage settlements. He
highlighted that bilateral industrial
relation has been improved in the
company and many issues have
been settled through discussion.
He, however, urged upon the
participants to remain vigilant in
defending the rights and gains
achieved through years of
struggle.
Others who greeted include R
P Singh, secretary, FMRAI;
UPMSRAs president Rakesh
Pandey; its general secretary
Hemant Singh; all India
conveners Subrata Banerjee of
Deys council and Sourabh Bose
of Lupin council and others.
Wife of late Comrade
Manoj Dhar, former Albert
David council convener of
UPMSRA who died in a road
accident in 2011 and wife of
late Comrade Deepak Reheni,
a field worker of the company
who died due to heart attack
in 2012 attended and
addressed the conference
acknowledging the councils
contribution during their crisis.
The steering committee
comprising R N Tiwari; D Sen;
Swapan Kumar Dey; Debrup
Biswas; KaminderWalia; Shiv
Kumar and the presidium
consisting of Ajay Kumar; D K
Sharma; Vinod Gupta; K V P
Krishna
conducted
the
proceedings.

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567 delegates from all units

of BSSR Union attended their
47 th conference held at
Comrade Ratan Chakraborty
Manch in Comrade RanjitBasu
Nagar (Shree Krishna Memorial
Hall), Patna during 7-9
November. This year, BSSR
Union is celebrating the
diamond jubilee year as it was
emerged as a trade union
organization in way back 1954.
Ever since, BSSR Union is
carrying a rich history of unity
and struggle.
On the occasion, a colourful
procession was taken out
which
began
from
MaharanaPratap Hall and
culminated into a rally at Shree
Krishna Memorial Hall after
moving through the main
thoroughfare of Patna city.
SitaramYechury, polit bureau
member of CPI(M) inaugurated
the conference. He called upon
the members of BSSR Union
for their renewed pledge amidst
diamond
jubilee
year
celebration to face the newer
challenges arising out of the
new situation. He reminded that,
as far as the fight for reduction
of
drug
prices
and
rationalization of drug policies
are concerned, the people of the
states of Bihar and Jharkhand
have expectations from BSSR
Union and, therefore, they have
lot of responsibilities to come
up to the peoples expectations.
He sharply criticized Modi
government for unleashing
fresh attacks on the people of
this country in the name of

47 Conference of BSSR Union

th

Celebrating Diamond jubilee Year

Sitaram Yechuri inaugurating the conference

Make in India allowing the

multinationals to loot the
country, whereas the public
expenditure on social security
has been drastically reduced.
He urged upon the participants
to fight the anti-people policies
of the Modi government.
CITUs vice president and
former general secretary of
FMRAI, J S Majumdar also
greeted the participants. He
congratulated the members of
BSSR Union for their relentless
fight resulted in restoration of
the national tripartite committee
for sales promotion employees.
He also mentioned that the

members of this union deserve

congratulations for their untiring
and exemplary struggle against
the multinationals; against the
highhandedness of USFDA; for
drug price reduction and
against neo-liberal policy
trajectories. He urged upon the
members of BSSR Union to
fight for the reversal of the antipeople polices of the central
government.
In his greetings, FMRAIs
president R Viswanathan
pointed out that celebrating
diamond jubilee year itself is a
great moment for any trade
union organization. He recalled

the rich contribution of BSSR

Union in building and carrying
forward the movements of
FMRAI and CITU. He called
upon the participants to get
prepared for higher struggle in
case the central government
does not concede the demands
of FMRAI.
Others who greeted the
conference include BSSRUs
former joint secretary and
former MP of Rajya Sabha,
Manoj
Bhattacharya;
Jharkhand CITUs leader G K
Bakshi; Bihar CITUs general
secretary Ganesh Singh; its
vice president Arun Mishra;

WBMSRUs secretary Basab

Roy
Chowdhury
and
UPMSRAs leader Subrata
Banerjee.
Reports placed by the
general secretary Dipak
Bhattacharya and treasurer
Kalyan
Acharya
were
unanimously adopted following
discussions by 76 participants.
The conference adopted
resolutions which include
10,000 memberships by the
next conference beside
medicine related issues and
others.
FMRAIs general secretary
Aloke Kumar Banerjee while
summing up the discussion,
dealt with the subjects like
newer forms of attack on the
field workers including attacks
on their jobs and profession;
attacks on trade union and
collective bargaining rights;
advancement of policy related
movement at both central and
state government levels;
council
networking;
membership;
collective
functioning and company wise
developments.
The conference elected 49member state executive
committee with 19 office
bearers which include Anirban
Bose as president, Debashish
Roy as general secretary and
Manoj Chaudhary as treasurer.
A presidium consisting of
Sanjay Chatterjee, Biswajit
Deb, Ajay Kumar, Manoj
Chaudhury, K D Pratap and
Sanjay Kumar conducted the
proceedings.

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Mandi

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