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Trade & Labour Unions Port workers’ talks with Ministry fail Our Bureaus New Delhi/Kochi, July 10 Functioning of all major ports is likely to be affected from July 16 with the Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Mr T.R. Baalu, declining to accept demands of port workers in a meeting in New Delhi today. Major ports are those ports that are under the Central jurisdiction. Mr Baalu had invited the leaders of five recognised federations of port and dock workers to discuss the issues on which the workers had been threatening to launch a nationwide strike. The demands included grant of 13.5 per cent interim relief (of basic pay) with effect from January 1, 2007; amendment to settlement on liberalising the definition of pay and eligibility limit for PLR (productivity-linked reward) effective from fiscal 2007 as decided by the Cabinet; and merger of 50 per cent D.A. (dearness allowance) with basic pay with effect from January 1, 2005. Since the talks have failed, the federations are left with no option but to direct the port and dock workers at all the major ports to go on strike from July 16, the five federations stated in a release. The federations said that they “viewed with grave concern a totally negative and retrograde approach adopted by the Ministry of Shipping virtually rejecting the agreements arrived at between the port management and the federations particularly when ports are autonomous bodies and Central Government does not give any subsidy or financial assistance to the working of the major ports.” The federations are All-India Port and Dock Workers Federation; All India Port and Dock Workers Federation (Workers); Water Transport Federation of India; Port, Dock and Waterfront Workers’ of India; and Indian National Port and Dock Workers’ Federation. More Stories on : Trade & Labour Unions | Shipping
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