Ramaswami: “ Already ‘your government’ has initiated the legislative process of codifying 44 existing labour laws into four codes. One of these has been adopted by the parliament – the Code on Wages Bill. The others are in the process. Even before this codification gets a legislative sanction, the existing laws are being violated with impunity. Once this code gets the legislative sanction, then the executive i.e., the government can through an executive order change this without the need for any reference to the parliament or state legislatures. This is patently anti-labour and draconian,” they wrote.