Sanitary employees on starvation strike for calls for

While being aggrieved with undue retrenchment the contractual sanitary employees of Public Health Department (PHD), Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) have been staging indefinite starvation strike for 3 days at Hospital Square in Sector-9, Bhilai. The authorities from District Labour Department assured to look into the matter and type out the problem on the earliest. According to the data, as many as 21 retrenched contractual sanitary employees, together with fifteen ladies six males and a commerce union office-bearer from Hindustan Ispat Theka Shramik Union have been staging indefinite starvation strike for 3 days. As there have been no measures to reinstate the sanitary employees have been staging starvation strike for 3 days whereas urgent calls for for reinstating them and full wages fee. Yogesh Soni, General Secretary, Hindustan Ispat Theka Shramik Union (CITU), sitting on indefinite starvation strike with these sanitary employees knowledgeable that the district administration and labour division authorities have been merely giving them assurance concerning quick measures to resolve the problem on the earliest. He additionally knowledgeable that the police officers and personnel from police station involved recorded names of putting employees and leaders. He additionally added that they’d proceed to stage strike till achievement of calls for. The contractual sanitary employees together with the commerce union chief are staging strike to protest and for checking the alleged malpractices of exhibiting full wages fee via financial institution accounts and later compelling them for returning specific amount. The commerce unions and organisations supporting the strike are State Congress Wing, Loktantri Ispat Majdoor Union, Hindustan Steel Employees Union (CITU) and AITUC and AICCTU. R Okay Pradhan, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Durg assured to look into the matter.