Members of the Ganjam Zila Committee of Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI) on Wednesday resorted to mass dharna in front of the Assistant labor Commissioner’s office here to press for their demands.
The TUCI demanded that immediate steps for the reopening of the Aska Balaji Cotton Mill and payment of salary to its workers soon.
It also demanded that officials responsible for the closure of the mill be arrested soon and the mill be taken over by the State Government in the greater interest of the workers.
Expressing concern over frequent occurring of accidents in the Aska Co-operative Sugar Factory, the TUCI’s members led by Sankar Sahu and Biswanath Swain also urged the Government to appoint a safety office in the Aska Co-operative Sugar Factory to save precious lives of the workers.
Their other demands include regularization of all the temporary and contractual employees of the sugar factory, compensation of `5 lakh and a job to a member of family of Basanta Gouda, who lost his life in an accident inside the factory, payment of minimum wages or `22,000, provident fund and ESI facilities to all the workers.