In view of the open revolt among the Bhilai Steel Plant employees over the hindrances that come in the pay agreement of SAIl employees, the CITU on Saturday demonstrated at Boriya Gate and said that if their problems were not solved amicably, they would fight to finish.
Coming above party-based politics, large number of employees expressed their open protest. Because of the demonstration vehicular traffic up to 3-4 kms was affected on both sides of Boriya gate.
CITU leaders said that the Government has not been giving financial aid to SAIl and the company has been making pay agreement by earning profit while competing with corrupt companies in the market. Then, why the Government is making hindrances in the pay-scale increase of the employeesIJ They said that CITU considers the DPI guidelines given by the Government as hurdles in the pay agreement of the employees and opposes the anti-people and anti-worker policies of the Central Government. They said that CITU would fight to the last to get the rights of the employees.
The protest was staged at Boriya Gate from 8 to 9 am and then a delegation of CITU handed a memorandum to IR department officer Amulya Priyadarshini. SP De, DVS Reddy, Surat Singh Naar, Puran Verma and other office-bearers of CITU were included in the delegation.