
All party unions of steel plant threaten strike on wage hike
The Hindu
‘Management is adopting an adamant attitude on the issue’
Representatives of all party trade unions of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) have warned the plant management of a strike, if it does not give up its adamant attitude on implementation of the wage hike for steel workers.
A dharna was held by all party trade unions at the Balacheruvu Gate on Wednesday in protest against the ‘lack of commitment’ on the part of the VSP management in the implementation of revised wages. The union leaders said that in the last nine months, workers, officers and contract workers have made joint efforts and the result was VSP achieved a turnover of about ₹19,370 crore and further efforts were being made to achieve an additional ₹8,500 crore in the remaining three months of the present fiscal.