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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Aug, 2019
The 30-day strike called by
ordnance factory employees was called off on Saturday following an
assurance by government officials that a panel will be formed to look
into their concerns.
Employees of 41 ordnance factories across
the country had begun a strike on August 20 against government's plans
to corporatise them as private sector entities.
The strike was
called off following a series of dialogues between representatives of
various employees' federations and senior officials of the defence
production department.
"The workers were reaffirmed that the
proposed corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board, which is the
parent organisation of all 41 factories, is under examination. Workers
will join duty from Monday," said a senior Defence Ministry official.
Defence
Ministry officials, during the course of the dialogues, took cognizance
of various issues raised by the employees' federations regarding
changes in wages, health facilities and other service matters that are
likely to be affected by corporatisation.
A recommendation will
be sent to the government to set up a high-level official committee to
interact with employees' federations to examine their concerns and other
aspects of the proposed new entity.
The Union government had
proposed to convert ordnance factories into public sector units in order
to boost production, increase profitability, bring about
competitiveness and generate more jobs in the sector.
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