VSP employees strike work, demand implementation of wage agreement
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The one-day strike noticed by the employees and employees of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) following the decision given by the Central Trade Unions, demanding implementation of wage agreement, other than withdrawing the choice to privatise the plant, was peaceable and profitable on Tuesday.
Though the employees have been observing relay starvation strike on the Steel Plant arch at Kurmannapalem for over 135 days towards the choice of the Union authorities to privatise VSP, it has not affected manufacturing as they’re collaborating in relay fasts by turns, after attending to their shift duties.
The employees and employees, owing allegiance to numerous commerce unions, as half of the day-long strike, boycotted duties and squatted on the highway exterior the principle gate of RINL-VSP. The safety personnel closed the gates as a precautionary measure. The union leaders threatened to go on indefinite strike if the Centre didn’t change its resolution on privatisation of the plant.
Gate assembly
Later, at a gate assembly held within the night, the union leaders alleged that the VSP administration had been prolonging the discussions on wage agreement on the instructions of the federal government.
They attributed the delay within the finalisation of the wage agreement to the Labour Codes, proposed to be applied by the Centre.
They discovered fault with the INTUC for backing out from the strike on the eleventh hour, and alleged that it had turned out to be the pawn within the recreation of the Central authorities and the metal managements.
They demanded that the administration and the federal government cease making an attempt to create a rift among the many metal employees, failing which the agitation can be intensified.
The different calls for included granting of 15% MGB, 35% perks and 6% pension, fee of wage revision arrears, payable from January 1, 2007, and allotment of captive mines to VSP.
Addressing the individuals on the relay starvation strike camp, which continued for the 138th day, Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee chairman D. Adinarayana mentioned the Centre was eager on 100% disinvestment of the plant as half of which the assembly of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) was held in New Delhi on June 22. The strike was held to oppose this transfer. He mentioned the employees had been prepared for any sacrifice to avoid wasting the plant.
Committee co-convener K. Satyanarayana Rao, members Dommeti Appa Rao, Kommineni Srinivas, U. Venkateswarlu and J. Ramakrishna participated.
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