Ordnance Factory Board federations condemn ‘draconian’ Ordinance
The Hindu
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Five federations of employees of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) issued a resolution condemning the government’s promulgation of the “draconian” Essential Defence Services Ordinance (EDSO) 2021, which bans civilian defence employees from going on strike, and urged its withdrawal. The Ordinance came ahead of the against the decision to convert its 41 factories into seven government-owned corporate entities. A joint resolution issued by the five federations after a virtual meeting on July 1 stated: “The draconian steps taken by the Government to suppress and crush the democratic rights of the defence civilian employees is retrograde, undemocratic, anti worker and is totally unacceptable to the trade unions and the entire workforce of the defence industry.” The joint meeting also unanimously resolved to observe July 8 as an “All India Black Day”. The resolution was sent to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Secretary, Defence Production, Raj Kumar and appealed for “withdrawing the EDSO and start immediate negotiations” with them on the corporatisation of the OFB.
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