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CITU extends support to striking highway workers

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Press Trust of India Jammu

"The administration should take immediate steps to reinstate the workers," said CITU leader Sham Prasad Kesar.

The striking workers are engaged in a project of tunnelling and highway widening on the Jammu-Srinagar Highway at Panjgraian area, the contract for which was given to the firm.

They had gone on a strike after some of their colleagues were dismissed from the job by the firm as part of a cost-cutting exercise.

By not reinstating the dismissed workers, the firm had also breached the agreement that was reached upon last week following a mediation by local authorities, he alleged.

He also sought a mediation by the state government so that the process of negotiations can initiated.

 

  

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First Published: Oct 12 2010 | 12:27 PM IST

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