The issue of increasing the salary of contract workers is still on the table for the implementation of the long-term salary agreement. Some workers have been suspended in other factories of Sail while protesting. They have been demanded to join their work immediately.
Many workers joined the demonstration at the moment the factory shift started. After some time of slogan, Bijay Saha, the Working president of the union spoke. He said the role of the authorities is very indifferent, disrespectful proposals to the workers prove the attitude of the authorities. role in some unions is disreputable. Workers' must get their dues.
Lalit Mohan Mishra, general secretary of SWFI, spoke. He said that the authorities are afraid of the movement, so they are going on the path of suppression, if there is unity, they will be afraid. Therefore, if there is a dispute about the salary agreement of the workers, there will be a protest in the whole SAIL Unit. The rightful money must be collected, and He urged all unions to raise their voices in protest against those who are protecting the interests of the management.
Guruprasad Bandopadhyay, the veteran union leader of the factory, spoke. On the podium, worker leader Sumanbrata Das read his own poem and another leader, and, read a poem written by Mahendra Murmu.
Hindustan Steel Employees Union DSP Convenor Srimant Chatterjee while speaking said that this fight is against the deprivation of the workers by the authorities. The time has come to explain that the protests will be organized on the streets with slogans. If there is no decision on the salary agreement of the rest of the contract workers, there will be a storm of protest throughout the whole SAIL. If the authorities are thinking of running the factory smoothly, except for the workers who earn profit in exchange for their blood and sweat, then they are thinking wrong.
