The Plant committee meeting held here on Saturday at BHEL, Bhopal. Executive Director Vinay Nigam; General Manager (HR) Adikanda Behera, all General Managers, Head of Town Administration, Medical and representatives of Supervisors Association were present in the meeting.
The trade union representatives did not attend the meeting. The representatives of the unions did not participate in the meeting of the Plant Committee citing the issues of PP, SIP, incentive etc.
It may be noted that these issues are not related to the Plant Committee. The Unit level discussions are held in the Plant Committee meeting.
Considering dialogue as the most important factor, Nigam said that most of the problems can be solved only by talking together.
He emphasized on direct communication with the employees and said that it is most important that every employee should be aware of the decisions being made in the company and the current situation of the company.
The forums created for dialogue in BHEL should be properly utilized. He termed the initiation of sharing of minutes of MCM meetings directly with all the employees by the corporate management as an effective step. He asked all the General Managers to make every effort to provide all the information to the employees.
The representative of Supervisors Association highlighted the demand for better arrangements in medical, town administration as well as other problems related to the employees.
The management assured to solve these problems in every possible way.
At the outset of the program, Behera while welcoming the guests said that the meeting of the Plant Committee is very important in the interest of all the employees working in the plant and from the point of view of increasing the production of the factory. He emphasized that forums like MECOM, Shop Council etc. would be effectively used to enhance communication with the employees.
Ahmad Siddiqui, Additional General Manager (HR) proposed the vote of thanks at the end of the programme.