BL reported that Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited’s management’s last itch efforts to convince unions fail Unions urged not to prevent contract staff from attending work
Last ditch efforts by the management to convince the unions to withdraw the one day strike have failed, even as senior Labour Department officials and ACP (South) Mr Mohammad Khan appealed to the unions not to prevent contract workers from going to work and not to cause any hindrance to essential services.
As per report, security has been beefed up, as employees of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant will strike work from 6 AM today to press for revision of wages.
The unions have promised that the strike would be purely voluntary and they would not indulge in any forcible action. They, however, exuded confidence that the strike would be total. The INTUC and the BMS, which are not a signatory to the strike notice served on October 20, declared their full support to the strike.
The Visakha Steel Workers’ Union, the recognized union, has reiterated its demand for 78.2% DA merger, minimum guaranteed benefit of 28%t and wage revision once in five years.
