Pro-BMS film workers union flay FEFKA

The situation prevailing in the Malayalam filmdom was such that if somebody wanted to enter it as technician or worker,he or she should get clearance from FEFKA by joining it by paying a hefty sum. Even the seasoned workers were boycotted if they declined to join FEFKA and work according to its conditions,they charged.

If anybody refused to go by the ‘high-handedness’ of FEFKA,they would be denied their right to work. This approach had created lot of tension and unrest in Malayalam film world,the union’s General Secretary P. Sasisdaharan and other leaders alleged.

Though these issues were raised during a discussion convened by the labour commissioner the other day,FEFKA and the film producers’ association had declined to give any firm assurance to co-operate with other unions. They wanted the state government to intervene in the field and rein-in syndicalism in the film labour sector.