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Wednesday, Oct 05, 2005
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Human Resources Industry & Economy - Trade & Labour Unions `Employees in IT, ITES sector taken good care of' — Nasscom sees no need for trade unions Our Bureau
Bangalore , Oct. 4 THE IT and ITES industry feels that unionism in the sector will not succeed as there is no "felt need" for such an initiative. "Employees in IT and ITES sector do not need any external intervention as they are looked after very well," said Mr Kiran Karnik, President of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom). The Left-affiliated Centre for Indian Trade Unions (CITU) had said on Monday that it proposes to set up the country's first union to represent the IT and ITES sector's estimated 5,00,000 workers. The union is expected to address specific problems of such workers who aren't governed by current labour laws. "It is not a good move and I don't think it would succeed," Mr Karnik said adding "the employees who think of themselves as the CEOs of the future may not support it." "IT and ITES firms offer some of the finest HR practices in terms of compensation and infrastructure, which are absolutely top of the class," said Mr Prosenjit Ganguly, head of HR at HTMT, a BPO firm. "Though it is granted that the shift timings are weird, those who have walked into this profession know it fully well," he said. The move to unionise workers is a retrograde step and would spell disaster for the industry, he said. "After having reached this level, any attempt to unionise the workers would set us back," Mr Ganguly added. "When everything in this profession is pro-employee, why would employees need anybody else's intervention to prop up their case. This will definitely damage the industry as it will leave employees disillusioned," Mr Ganguly said. Mr R. Vidyasagar, Director of HR at Philips Software India, said there was no need for a third party intervention and it did not augur well for the industry. "I feel that unionism will not take off as employees will not like to be led by somebody else," Mr Vidyasagar said adding "We need to maintain our pre-eminence in the IT and ITES sector as countries such as China are fast catching up".
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