Blood bath in the IT sector

July 3 protest — IT Sector, Kolkata

As Covid-19 rages across our country, a huge number of retrenchments are occurring in the Silicon Valleys of India.

Although according to the initial advisory of the government, retrenchments or wage cuts were not advisable under the 2005 Epidemic Act, later the Union Government revoked its advisory, letting corporate houses officially slaughter their employees like animals through retrenchments.

CTS, taking advantage of the situation has started their retrenchment program mercilessly with a target of retrenching 18,000 people within the next two months.

Fusion has sacked employees in the hundreds.

Teleperformance & Wipro joined the parade of layoffs in Kolkata, Mumbai and in different parts of North India.

The All India IT & ITES Employees’ Union (AIITEU) organised a peaceful protest in Kolkata condemning this inhuman retrenchment. The protest was carried out while adhering to social distancing. Also, cases have been launched in court to protect the interest of the employees who have been mercilessly let go by IT firms.