The delay in fulfilling the long-pending demands of the contractual workers of Essar Shipping drove the workers, beginning from the captain to the deck crew, to go on a hunger strike at Hazira on Saturday. They sat at the company’s jetty. The company has given the contract of operating the tugs to a firm, SVS. The workers operating ten tugs as of now at Hazira went on strike. Mr.Ajay Mewala, a member of Forward Seamen Union of India (FUSI) observed: “Workers have long-pending demands, which include depositing Provident Fund (PF) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) amount in a government body rather than depositing it in a private trust. Payment of gratuity to workers is pending and they are also harassed when they sign in and out”. In fact, a meeting held two days back in Mumbai could not solve the issues. A tug crew member on strike said: “No company official has made any attempt to start dialogue”. But the company’s stand is that the issue must be solved by the SVS officials.
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Essar Shipping tug workers observed hunger strike
The delay in fulfilling the long-pending demands of the contractual workers of Essar Shipping drove the workers, beginning from the captain to the deck crew, to go on a hunger strike at Hazira on Saturday. They sat at the company’s jetty. The company has given the contract of operating the tugs to a firm, SVS. The workers operating ten tugs as of now at Hazira went on strike. Mr.Ajay Mewala, a member of Forward Seamen Union of India (FUSI) observed: “Workers have long-pending demands, which include depositing Provident Fund (PF) and Public Provident Fund (PPF) amount in a government body rather than depositing it in a private trust. Payment of gratuity to workers is pending and they are also harassed when they sign in and out”. In fact, a meeting held two days back in Mumbai could not solve the issues. A tug crew member on strike said: “No company official has made any attempt to start dialogue”. But the company’s stand is that the issue must be solved by the SVS officials.
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