The NHPC Contract Workers Union affiliated to AICCTU in Dharchula held a General Body Meeting where it decided to step up the struggle for Equal Work, Equal Pay and regularization. It was also decided to take legal action against NHPC for its failure to pay bonus.
Addressing the meeting, AICCTU State General Secretary KK Bora said that the Modi government at the Centre has created a grave crisis for workers through demonetization. The Modi government which always said that workers’ strikes brings loss to the nation, has itself destroyed the nation’s economy. No action is being taken against black money owners named by Swiss banks and the Panama papers.
He demanded that the Modi government at the centre and Harish Rawat government in the State should take cognizance of the Supreme Court verdict of 26 October 2016 and start paying all temporary and contract workers equal pay according to their grade without delay. He appreciated the struggle by the NHPC Contract Workers Union and said that the Union’s struggle is a just struggle whereas the Management is flouting the Constitution of India, labour laws, and the Supreme Court verdict.
Addressing the meeting, CPI (ML) District Secretary Com. Govind Kafaliya said that workers are being exploited as bonded labour in the name of contract labour and made to work overtime without being paid for this. NHPC Contract Workers Union President Uday Singh presided over the meeting and the proceedings were conducted by Indra Kumar. The meeting was also addressed by Union General Secretary Vinod Kumar and others.
