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SME Times News Bureau | 28 Aug, 2015
The central trade unions have refused to call off their countrywide
strike on September 2 against labour reforms after a fresh meeting on
Thursday with the group of ministers headed by Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley remained inconclusive.
All India Trade Union Congress
secretary D. L. Sachdev said after the meeting that there was no
consensus and "the call for the strike still stands".
"Today's meeting was inconclusive...We will meet tomorrow (Friday) to decide our future course of action," he said.
The
central trade unions had given a call of strike on September 2 to press
for their demands, including increasing minimum wage to Rs.15,000,
trade unions' representation in the process of labour reforms and
equivalent wage to contract workers with their regular counterparts.
"We don't think government has offered us anything on which we can consider to call off our strike," Sachdev said.
The
GoM had a meeting with the representatives of 11 central trade unions
on Wednesday to discuss their 12-charter of demands. However, the
meeting failed to make any headway.
Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh
president Baij Nath Rai said the workers would go on the strike until
the government agrees to their demands.
Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is also member of the GoM, however,
said the talks were "positive" and appealed the unions to call off their
strike in the interest of the country.
Besides Jaitley and
Pradhan, the GoM comprises Labour Mininter Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister
of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension Jitendra Singh and
Power Minister Piyush Goyal.
A labour ministry release later
said the government had assured the trade unions that it was
committed to welfare of labourers, and all labour laws reforms would be
done with due discussions and tripartite consultations, it added.
The
government also assured the unions for a appropriate legislation for
making "formula based minimum wages mandatory" and applicable to all
employees across the country.
On the issue of equal wages for
equal work for contract workers, the government said it was an issue
requiring wider consultations and a committee would be constituted, if
required.
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