UCIL EMPLOYEES STRIKE ENTERS 9TH DAY

UCIL employees' strike enters 9th day, talks still on







Jamshedpur, Oct 16 (PTI) The indefinite strike by employees of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) entered the ninth day today affecting production even as its management is holding talks with representatives of four striking labour unions.

The Chairman-cum-Managing Director of UCIL, Ramendra Gupta convened a meeting with the labour unions including Jadugora Labour Union (JLU), Uranium Kamgar Union (UKU), Uranium Mazdoor Sangh and Singhbhum Uranium Mazdoor Union for discussion in regard with their demand for wage revision.

The meeting, which began around 11 am today at Jadugora, was still on as both the management and the labour unions has taken a flexible approach to settle the wage revision issue pending since April, 2008.

Admitting that the negotiation was taking place under a cordial atmosphere, D Acharya, Director (Technical) of UCIL, said the negotiation was still on while expressing hope of a positive outcome later in the night.



SOURCE;PTI