Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 10 March 2025
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) marked International Working Women’s Day on March 8 with a collection of packages at Sri Vijaya Puram and Mayabunder, highlighting points confronted by ladies staff throughout varied sectors.
At Sri Vijaya Puram, a gathering was held at Hotel ACC, drawing numerous ladies staff from a number of commerce unions affiliated with CITU. Geeta Devi, President of the Andaman & Nicobar Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Union, presided over this system. Several union representatives, together with Bindu Kumari from the Education Department Part-time Employees Union, R. Anbukkarsi, General Secretary of A&N Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Union, Jaspreena from A&N PRI Karmachari Sangh, in addition to Divya Kumari and Deepa Biswas from the A&N Forest Department Workers Union, addressed the gathering. They raised considerations in regards to the challenges confronted by working ladies and emphasised the necessity for stronger labour rights and help programs.
Earlier within the occasion, R. Surendran Pillai, President of the CITU State Committee, supplied a short historic background on the importance of International Women’s Day. Extending his greetings, B. Chandrachooodan, General Secretary of the CITU State Committee, spoke in regards to the ongoing struggles led by CITU towards insurance policies perceived as anti-women and anti-working class by the central authorities.
Meanwhile, in Mayabunder, the CITU Zonal Committee commemorated the event by organising a mass procession of ladies staff. The rally, which handed by means of the Mayabunder Bazar-APWD Guest House space, was led by Usha Devi and Afsana Begum from the A&N Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Union and Reena Mondolai from ASNVMS. Addressing the members, C. Murugan, Secretary of the CITU Zonal Committee, underscored the significance of unity and collective motion in addressing office points. R. Muralidharan Pillai, President of the Zonal Committee, was additionally current on the occasion.
The observance of International Working Women’s Day by CITU within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands served as a platform to spotlight urgent labor considerations and reaffirmed the dedication to advocating for the rights of ladies staff throughout varied sectors.
