Democratic, legal rights of workers being denied, says CPI leaderThe Defence Services Ordinance 2021 (EDSO-2021) snatches the constitutional, democratic and legal rights available to civilian workers in the defence establishments and needs to be withdrawn, CPI general secretary D. Raja said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The employees of 41 ordnance factories are protesting against the government decision to reorganise the factories into seven corporations. The conciliation proceedings by the Chief Labour Commissioner (Central) with the ordnance factories employees have been suspended. In his letter, Mr Raja asked: “The government has already assured the federations in writing that none of the ordnance factories would be closed. “It is the responsibility of the government as a model employer to call the federations and enter into a negotiated mutually agreed agreement instead of crushing the democratic rights of the employees,” Mr. Raja wrote.

Source: The Hindu July 10, 2021 12:56 UTC