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Greetings from UNITES Profes=
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UNITES Professionals is the only Uni=
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Affiliated to UNI Global Union (http=
://www.uniglobalunion.org), which is a global union for skills and services=
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UNITES strives to create a distinct =
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Please visit the UNITES website for =
regular updates on labour situation in IT/ITES industry an=
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Looking forward for your valuable support.
In Solidarity, |
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Prithviraj Lekkad
President
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Wipro, HCL engineers commit suicide |
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In the last one week two young IT engineers, on=
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engineers died by jumping from their office building.
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After showcasing their talents to the world all=
these years, companies in India could face a huge 'talent deficit' in the =
coming years, says a report by Deloitte, a global consultancy firm. As per =
the report, the reason for this scarcity is that the country is not produci=
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Accenture to lay off 336 executives |
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Accenture, a business consulting and outsourcin=
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a broad-based restructuring effort. William Green, CEO, Accenture said, "We=
are taking this step to position Accenture better for both short-term and =
long-term economic improvement growth and profitability." =
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10 days off for Honeywell empl=
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Honeywell has announced that its employees will=
have to take a mandatory 10 days off in the month of December-January with=
out pay. Krishna Mikkilineni, President of Honeywell Technology Solutions, =
conveyed the decision at a public gathering in Bangalore recently, reports =
Economic Times. |
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Sacked Wipro employee alleges harass=
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An ex-employee of Wipro has filed a harassment =
case with the Electronics City police against some senior officials of the =
company after his services were terminated, reports Bangalore Mirror. Ram M=
anohar G, a native of Hyderabad, has alleged that he was confined to a room=
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Indians are paid nearly 20 times less than their counter=
parts in the U.S. and Switzerland. According to 'Prices and Earnings' study=
conducted by Swiss banking major UBS, employees in New Delhi and Mumbai ea=
rn an average net salary of $1.6 and $1.2 per hour, respectively. |
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Focus on skills than on layoffs |
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UNITES, a union of information tech=
nology, call centre and BPO employees, has been striving to create =93a dis=
tinct and cogent link=94 between the employers and the employees at various=
levels. Karthik Shekhar, its general secretary, who monitors the UNITES=92=
activities from its headquarters at Bangalore, speaks to The Tribune about=
layoffs in this crucial sector. |
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A day after employees staged a sit-in in front of the Nokia=
India plant here, the management Saturday agreed to discuss their demands,=
including a higher wage hike than they were offered.
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orest Lok Sabha candidate gets sacked |
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The poorest candidate in the last parliamentary polls has just become poore=
r. World Network Services (WNS), a Mumbai-based BPO firm, sacked Santhosh M=
in B after his unsuccessful efforts to enter parliament.
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