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The
Institute undertakes various training programme
for the trade union workers, organised and
unorganised labour in rural and urban areas
including child labour, women labour, agricultural
labour. MGLI also undertakes training of the
labour judiciary, officers of the Labour commissionerate,
and of other departments employing labour
in large numbers and public enterprises to
provide them exposure to labour laws, labour
welfare and labour relations etc- However,
in organising the training programme, the
Institute has its thrust on unorganised labour
and rural labour. The objective is to promote their institutions and organisations so as to enable them to unite and reap the benefits of various welfare programmes and to equip them with the required knowledge, appropriate skills and the right attitude to ameliorate their working conditions.
Camps
Rural
and Urban Camps are a part of ongoing efforts
to reach out to distant rural and urban areas
for creating awareness among the worker, particularly
rural unorganised labourers who need encouragement
to unite so that they can better demand
their rights and ameliorate their living conditions.
These camps provide information on relevant
Labour laws, Minimum Wages Act and Welfare
and Employment Generation Schemes implemented
by the local authorities. Rural
Labour Commissionerate, Gujarat Labour Welfare
Board, Gandhinagar, are among the agencies
who actively cooperate in organising rural
camps. Efforts are also made to bring together
officers of the Col1ectorate, District Panchayat,
Forest Department, DRDA, Nationalised Banks
and those directly concerned with employment
generation programmes, implementation of labour
laws and welfare schemes at these camps. Their
presence in such camps help the officers to
understand the problems of rural labourers
by getting first hand information or the issues
facing the labour while on the other hand enable
rural poor to get guidance and delivery
of services from Government Agencies.
