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National
Working Committee Meeting,YUVA
Centre,
Mumbai
on March 28,2008
National Working Groups of 'Social Security Now'
meeting was held in Mumbai on March 28, 2008.
The
agenda of the group were,
1 To consider the acceptance of singing three
songs without charging by Ghazal singer Jagjit
Singh and his suggestions.
2 To review Social Security in Budget 2008 and
our response.
3 To strategise for possible General Election.
Decision of Meetings
1.
The working group will be engaging in dialogue/collaborating
with other major sector-wise groups and other
groups working on social security:
On May 5 there will be a meeting in Delhi in which
we will call major sector-wise groups: transport
workers, domestic workers, hawkers, construction
workers, agricultural workers, NCL, NTUI, Nacdor,
NAPM, Jan Sangarsh Manch, National Fish-workers
Forum, NCC-USW, National Forum of Forest Peoples
and Forest Workers. The agenda of the meeting
will be social security and the general election.
A second meeting will later be called with all
central trade unions on the same: social security
and the general election.
2. Engagement with celebrities and publicizing
the issue:
Social Security Now will work toward the production
of a music album to feature:
Ghazals by Jagjit Singh, composed by Nida Fazli
and Javed Akhtar. Pravin will coordinate these
efforts.
Modern/pop music/lyrics by Vishal Baradwaj, Shekar
and Prussun Joshi to be coordinated by Vijayan
Sufi music by Rabi, also to be coordinated by
Vijayan.
Possibly engaging the East India Company will
be good option.
Plan for an album with 7-8 songs, each having
a short intro or narrative about social security
and the campaign. Songs by celebrities will not
be clubbed in the album.
Production will culminate in a grand launch/release
in Bombay with celebrities and a public concert,
possibly on August 14th.
Raju Bhise, Cheryl Deutsch, Pravin Mishra will
liaise with lyrists and singers to expedite.
Suresh of YUVA, Pravin Mishra of Lok Sangarsh
Manch, and RS Tiwari of SSN secretariat will pursue
this process. YUVA will be coordinating this team.
3. Action planning towards 500 district
workshops campaign:
A meeting will be held on 26 April at ISI in Delhi
to plan actions in campaign targeting general
election. NCDHR will chair the meeting, and NCC-USW,
ISI, CBCI, PWESCR, and Maharashtra Asangathit
Suraksha Parishad will attend.
SSN will plan for a meeting of senior news editors
in Delhi in mid-May in order to get more press
coverage. The committee also discussed using party/local/district
papers and media to build the issue, after which
the metros will follow.
Every member organization of Social Security Now
will receive SSN letterhead to use for fund raising.
This will be a decentralized process in which
all members are encouraged to apply to funding
organisations.
The group thanked YUVA Mumbai and its team for
excellent arrangements in hosting the meeting.
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