Retreat by Jet Management and Role of Media

Under liberalized economy and in the age of privatization and globalization the action of retrenchment of employees by Jet was quite justified to maintain profitability. However it would have been better to sack the employees in piecemeal manner instead of bulk removal giving rise to joint movement.

But due to avoidable campaign launched by Media against Jet, Government was forced to put pressure on Jet to reemploy the sacked employees which will signal upsurge in trade union activities and promote the culture of Raj Thakre.

If Raj Thakre is not nipped in the bud Mumbai will soon see the repeat of history of seventies when trade union activities were at the peak in the state of Maharashtra.

These media men have to criticize each action. Now when jet has reemployed the sacked employee, media men will talk of pending proposal for amendments in labour rules to fulfill the demand of corporate sector for labour reformation.

I would suggest media men to stop criticizing and projecting every incident without considering the repercussion and adverse affects it creates in the system. Media men repeat the story of murder/ killings (like Ayushi Murder case) without assessing whether it is of any use to general mass.

It is media men who are playing the dirtiest role in creating, promoting and fueling caste conflict and riots among various communities. They always tell like “Dalit is killed, Muslim is killed, Christian is killed, Tribal is killed or an Assamese is killed or Bengali is in problem , Biharies are cause of unemployment in Maharashtra or Scheduled caste is tortured or hindu created terrors and so on ………
They should in my opinion only tell that a person is killed, an Indian is killed or a particular person committed crime without mentioning the caste, community or region of the person. Such action will stop many conflicts which results in mass upsurge.

In nation building process Media men can play the vital role provided they keep them away from gaining cheap popularity. It is also kept in mind their self restraint may help in keeping press freedom alive and active, Otherwise person like Smt Indira Gandhi will be forced to rethink about amendment in the constitution like 42nd amendment .