Strike at Neyveli Lignite enters
By IANSMonday, October 11, 2010
CHENNAI - The strike by the 13,000 contract workers of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) demanding pay parity with permanent workers entered its 23rd day Monday.
The contract workers affiliated to Labour Progressive Front, Pattali Thozhir Sangam and NLC Jeeva Contract Workers Union, struck work Sep 19 demanding equal pay for equal work and absorption by the public sector company.
The contract workers unions say 10 round of talks with the management have not made much progress.
According to NLC officials, the contract workers are demanding higher pay in line with what the permanent workers got in July 2010.
A contract worker at the NLC gets between Rs.3,000 and Rs.4,500 per month.
In 2008, it was also agreed that NLC would absorb around 5,000 workers based on their seniority and availability of vacant posts.
–Indo Asian News Service
