Unions demand 24 per cent increase in wages, but management ready to give 10 per cent only
Central labour commissioner K. Shekar chaired the tripartite talks with NLC chief general manager N. Muthu and joint action council of the trade unions leader S. Rajavannian and AIADMK affiliated union secretary R. Uthayakumar in Chennai on Monday
Chennai: The second round of tripartite talks between Neyveli Lignite Corporation management and trade unions over the eight-day-old indefinite strike by employees on wage revision failed on Monday.
Following failure of the conciliatory talks at the Central Labour Commissioner’s office in Chennai, the leader of the joint action council of trade unions and the general secretary of the DMK-affiliated LPF, S. Rajavannian, said the strike by around 13,000 employees would continue and it would be intensified. He said while the unions insisted on their demand of 24 per cent increase in the wages, the management stuck to 10 per cent only.
Central labour commissioner K. Shekar presided over the talks in which NLC chief general manager N.Muthu, Rajavannian and AIADMK-affiliated union secretary R. Uthayakumar participated.
NLC officials said the third round of talks would be held on Wednesday after a meeting between company chairman B. Surendra Mohan and the labour commissioner on Tuesday. They said power generation at the three thermal power plants run by NLC and lignite excavation had not been affected with around 6,000 officers and engineers and 10,000 contract workers attending to work.
Regular employees of registered trade unions of NLC are on strike since July 20 demanding wage revision. However, NLC management has been maintaining that the workers are getting better salary than other public sector companies and requested the unions to withdraw the strike.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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