PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2006 ID-45569
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION.
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Friends. .
Yc.:slerduy, the JNUSU Council mel 1n a formal meeting to discuss the suspension of students without enquiy, .
:qlong with the su~pension orders served to 4 karmachoris and arrived upon the following understanding: .
.
Roshon Seconder: C. lolengikima .
Favour:11 Opposition : 3 Abstentions: 4 .
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The JNUSU council demands the Immediate wdhdrowal of the suspension orders served to all s·...Jde'"'+'" .
1r clud1nq tile JNUSLJ President. General Secretory. Jo:nl Secretary and llle GSCASH representative l)y thE-JNU .
.
odmin:slration. Suspension before enquiry is on unprecedented step aimed a t ottocldng the entire shdent .
rnovement in tile most undemocratic and aut11oritorion manner. Similar notices hove also beer. served to 4 .
.
r:tJrmcharis including the JNUKA office beare:s in order to attock rhe ongoing karmchari's movement. This .
..J J:)U counol demands that the immediate revocation of all tr,ese nolict-..:S without delay. Such ki.lc' ')I .
oibilrory ocl1on against any section of the JNU community goes onoinst the traditions of JNU onrJ is .
.
u 1occeptable to the JNUSU. The Administration must a lso realize that its own lackadaisical attitude on stud~nt .
c '1d kamct1oris demands particularly to ensure proper minimum wages and working conditions for the workers .
in campus t1os resulted in its standoff with two unions of the university simultaneously and has precipitated .
.
rnotlers in ~r1is way: .
Tn1s JNUSU council olso believes that the mode of protest adopted on Monday. 191h February 2007 was .
.
:-·ot in keepir.g wilh the democratic traditions of JNU. The demonstration began at 1 PM against the tearing of .
\ .
;uder' s' o::>sters on wo~kers' rights. However the subsequent gheroo of the registrar :nside his car for 5 hovr~ J wl1icn turned ugly is a matter of regret. Th:s JNUSU council does not believe that such acts comprise legitimate .
f~rms of orolesi end does not endorse this. .
1: :s J~L.J::id r.:ouncil resolves to uphold the democrctic traditions of JNUS and shall coordinoie with borh :n0 .
'-IUTA and tll-3 JNUKA in the coming days to ensure the withdrawal or all suspension orders. This JNUSU c~ , v..:il .
1;; o.so cor1rn 'ed lo ensure proper minimum wages and working conditions for the workers in the car-v~ ,s. it .
~t"lall a:so raise aU th·~ 1ssues facing the studeni community today through a democratiC course of oclion. .
.
This Jt-..IUSU council rnust forge o brood unity with the JNUKA. JNUTA in the comtng days. T:'le cou ;C i .
musi oiso agree to t11e appeal is:;ued bv the_ NUTA on 201)\ Ft~bruary 2007 .
.
· · -'er · a Seccnder: Sondeep @tJ:ilm).
..... ~~·P-opu~er . 1Y ·t· .
&ffh.!u..:J~ · Oppos1 ton · Al:stentions: 5.
~OV!.:Jr : 4 .
T!11~ 17:vents ot 19th February 2007 arose out of o closing down of dialogue on part of Administration w1fb .
.
!lie stucle ;s cna ·-:vorkers on the crucial issue of workers' minimum wages. The JNU student movernem ne ·'e~ hm indulged in any manner of intimidation or violence. and rather has always firmly upheld dialogue end .
", ;mocrocy. .
~or the post 3 months. too. the JNU student community llos raised the issue or violot:on or wo:-v.ers .
minimum wages wiln exemplary humanism and responsibility: organizing a Community Kitchen for retrenched .
v1orkers: relying on the letter and spirit of labour lows of our land and JNU's own regulations; pohslchngly .
documenting the wage rates of working conditions of doily wage workers on campus; and ensuring payment .
-·t wages and arrears at legally stipulated rates to various sets of workers through physico! presence ana .
-'ig ·once of students. Most of these. ideally, ore tasks that the University authorities 01e mandated to toke up .
.
')!' their own responsibility. but for the past three months. it wos done by students with enormous investment o~ .
-:·fforl and energy; inspile of threats issued by the contractors. Despite repeated appeals. however_ the .. .
s,.Jdents rece:ved nothing but vogue oral assurances (which would invariably be violated) and no wmlen .
'Jssurance on the port of JNU odminis!rotion. acknowledging their legal responsibility as the Principal Emptover .
.
t :J cmu;e legal m1nimum wages and proper working conditions fo workers. Rother. there was on effon to keep .
r"J:1iic documents like muster rolls from being mode available for scrutiny. and even o demand ur.,jer th.:-Rl' .
'... ct has received no response. .
On ~ebruory 19. too. students hod put up engaging and w.tty poslers on the steps and wall oi the Ad .
:~lock. clecloring 'don't step over workers' rights. This was in the best creative troditiom ot The student .
.
.., :ove:men1 and was subtle so1'1re at its best -and surely deserved o mature response from the Universi!y .
(..)'..
...10tljot1tie~. Instead. unrortunotely. the pos!ers w ere torn up. and repeated requests for o meeting wilh .
outhorilie':i to disCL'S5 the workers· 1ssue were denied oulnght. .
.
Thi~ wus the situation that led to the highly unfortunate impasse witll the Registrar. At no poinl did the .
· · 1denls ho·,.: any 1ntenlion of inlimidohon-the overriding demand was one for diaiogue on wod.. ers' issue. .
While a 1egretlable impasse did occur. the :mposse would have been broken as soon as o proposol for .
pr )Jucive and po·>five meeting wilt1 ouiho1ifies to discuss the workers' rights hod been agreed to. .
.
tlnfo1:u.1 -JiE::t. thi> -.J 1(J 1,0 1happen. However. it wos eventually students who broke the impasse. uncond:!ionolly. .
11 n oil or 1r-1is. lhe-Registrar was unwillingly or unin·tenlionally discomposed. it is regrettable. We are su:e 1hat a .
1.
wtllrngness 10 discuss 1ssues and uphold legal righls of workers can p1event any such impasse in future. .
.
' .
' .
., .
.
PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2006 ID-45569
.
e .
0! .
.nc .
~en· .
. s or.
nev..
, thal haste, of thE=in the.:>ver ou1fo1 .
"~ in snagalns1.
to curtai .
on of the.
d Equao· .
ftltratinc~e BJP-Iec .
ents haveschool! ~ttar in SSS. .
ln .
.
' .
.
.
.... .
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNION.
?.~-G/-0 1.
Friends. .
Yc.:slerduy, the JNUSU Council mel 1n a formal meeting to discuss the suspension of students without enquiy, .
:qlong with the su~pension orders served to 4 karmachoris and arrived upon the following understanding: .
.
Roshon Seconder: C. lolengikima .
Favour:11 Opposition : 3 Abstentions: 4 .
.
.
The JNUSU council demands the Immediate wdhdrowal of the suspension orders served to all s·...Jde'"'+'" .
1r clud1nq tile JNUSLJ President. General Secretory. Jo:nl Secretary and llle GSCASH representative l)y thE-JNU .
.
odmin:slration. Suspension before enquiry is on unprecedented step aimed a t ottocldng the entire shdent .
rnovement in tile most undemocratic and aut11oritorion manner. Similar notices hove also beer. served to 4 .
.
r:tJrmcharis including the JNUKA office beare:s in order to attock rhe ongoing karmchari's movement. This .
..J J:)U counol demands that the immediate revocation of all tr,ese nolict-..:S without delay. Such ki.lc' ')I .
oibilrory ocl1on against any section of the JNU community goes onoinst the traditions of JNU onrJ is .
.
u 1occeptable to the JNUSU. The Administration must a lso realize that its own lackadaisical attitude on stud~nt .
c '1d kamct1oris demands particularly to ensure proper minimum wages and working conditions for the workers .
in campus t1os resulted in its standoff with two unions of the university simultaneously and has precipitated .
.
rnotlers in ~r1is way: .
Tn1s JNUSU council olso believes that the mode of protest adopted on Monday. 191h February 2007 was .
.
:-·ot in keepir.g wilh the democratic traditions of JNU. The demonstration began at 1 PM against the tearing of .
\ .
;uder' s' o::>sters on wo~kers' rights. However the subsequent gheroo of the registrar :nside his car for 5 hovr~ J wl1icn turned ugly is a matter of regret. Th:s JNUSU council does not believe that such acts comprise legitimate .
f~rms of orolesi end does not endorse this. .
1: :s J~L.J::id r.:ouncil resolves to uphold the democrctic traditions of JNUS and shall coordinoie with borh :n0 .
'-IUTA and tll-3 JNUKA in the coming days to ensure the withdrawal or all suspension orders. This JNUSU c~ , v..:il .
1;; o.so cor1rn 'ed lo ensure proper minimum wages and working conditions for the workers in the car-v~ ,s. it .
~t"lall a:so raise aU th·~ 1ssues facing the studeni community today through a democratiC course of oclion. .
.
This Jt-..IUSU council rnust forge o brood unity with the JNUKA. JNUTA in the comtng days. T:'le cou ;C i .
musi oiso agree to t11e appeal is:;ued bv the_ NUTA on 201)\ Ft~bruary 2007 .
.
· · -'er · a Seccnder: Sondeep @tJ:ilm).
..... ~~·P-opu~er . 1Y ·t· .
&ffh.!u..:J~ · Oppos1 ton · Al:stentions: 5.
~OV!.:Jr : 4 .
T!11~ 17:vents ot 19th February 2007 arose out of o closing down of dialogue on part of Administration w1fb .
.
!lie stucle ;s cna ·-:vorkers on the crucial issue of workers' minimum wages. The JNU student movernem ne ·'e~ hm indulged in any manner of intimidation or violence. and rather has always firmly upheld dialogue end .
", ;mocrocy. .
~or the post 3 months. too. the JNU student community llos raised the issue or violot:on or wo:-v.ers .
minimum wages wiln exemplary humanism and responsibility: organizing a Community Kitchen for retrenched .
v1orkers: relying on the letter and spirit of labour lows of our land and JNU's own regulations; pohslchngly .
documenting the wage rates of working conditions of doily wage workers on campus; and ensuring payment .
-·t wages and arrears at legally stipulated rates to various sets of workers through physico! presence ana .
-'ig ·once of students. Most of these. ideally, ore tasks that the University authorities 01e mandated to toke up .
.
')!' their own responsibility. but for the past three months. it wos done by students with enormous investment o~ .
-:·fforl and energy; inspile of threats issued by the contractors. Despite repeated appeals. however_ the .. .
s,.Jdents rece:ved nothing but vogue oral assurances (which would invariably be violated) and no wmlen .
'Jssurance on the port of JNU odminis!rotion. acknowledging their legal responsibility as the Principal Emptover .
.
t :J cmu;e legal m1nimum wages and proper working conditions fo workers. Rother. there was on effon to keep .
r"J:1iic documents like muster rolls from being mode available for scrutiny. and even o demand ur.,jer th.:-Rl' .
'... ct has received no response. .
On ~ebruory 19. too. students hod put up engaging and w.tty poslers on the steps and wall oi the Ad .
:~lock. clecloring 'don't step over workers' rights. This was in the best creative troditiom ot The student .
.
.., :ove:men1 and was subtle so1'1re at its best -and surely deserved o mature response from the Universi!y .
(..)'..
...10tljot1tie~. Instead. unrortunotely. the pos!ers w ere torn up. and repeated requests for o meeting wilh .
outhorilie':i to disCL'S5 the workers· 1ssue were denied oulnght. .
.
Thi~ wus the situation that led to the highly unfortunate impasse witll the Registrar. At no poinl did the .
· · 1denls ho·,.: any 1ntenlion of inlimidohon-the overriding demand was one for diaiogue on wod.. ers' issue. .
While a 1egretlable impasse did occur. the :mposse would have been broken as soon as o proposol for .
pr )Jucive and po·>five meeting wilt1 ouiho1ifies to discuss the workers' rights hod been agreed to. .
.
tlnfo1:u.1 -JiE::t. thi> -.J 1(J 1,0 1happen. However. it wos eventually students who broke the impasse. uncond:!ionolly. .
11 n oil or 1r-1is. lhe-Registrar was unwillingly or unin·tenlionally discomposed. it is regrettable. We are su:e 1hat a .
1.
wtllrngness 10 discuss 1ssues and uphold legal righls of workers can p1event any such impasse in future. .
.
' .
' .
., .
.