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Delhi HC restrains DMRC employees from holding strike
The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employees from going on strike tomorrow.The court mentioned that disputes had arisen with regards to the implementation of settlement terms, which were agreed upon on by the DMRC and the employees in 2017, with the employees claiming that the terms had not been fully implemented by the DMRC.The DMRC stated that the employees were raising their demands, deeming it not justifiable.It also stated that according to Section 22 of the Industrial Disputes Act, no employee of a public utility service could go on strike without giving a notice to the employer within six weeks of the strike.The Act also dictates that the strike could not be held within fourteen days of giving the notice, among others.The DMRC argued that the notices from the employees did not comply with any of the conditions of the Act and that they were ready to resolve the disputes and fully implement the settlement that was agreed upon last ...
Delhi HC puts brakes on Metro employees' proposed strike (Roundup)
A day before an indefinite strike proposed by a section of the Delhi Metro employees that would have led to mayhem for lakhs of commuters, the Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the staff not to do so or "till further orders".
High court stays proposed strike by DMRC employees
Ahead of a proposed indefinite strike by Delhi Metro employees from Saturday, the Delhi High Court on Friday restrained them from doing so "till further notice".
Kejriwal urges Metro employees to not go on strike
Delhi Chief Miniter Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged the Metro employees to not go on strike, warning the government would impose the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) if required to stop the strike.
Transport Minister intervenes in Delhi metro-employees tiff
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot has directed the Managing Director (MD) of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to resolve the issues concerning the non-executive employees of Delhi Metro.Gahlot wrote to the DMRC MD, saying, "Efforts should be made to resolve the issues as early as possible so that Metro operations are not hampered in any manner. If Metro operations are affected, lakhs of passengers would be put to inconvenience."The minister also directed the DMRC to update him with the outcome of talks between them and the employees and that he would be available to resolve the ongoing matter in case his intervention is required at any stage.Non-executives employees of the DMRC have held protests over salary related issue and illegal termination of two employees. Over 9000 employees are slated to hold protests from June 30, threatening a complete shutdown of metro services.Earlier today, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to his Twitter handle, urging the DMRC ...
ESMA might be imposed to prevent strike by Delhi Metro staff: Kejriwal
As non-executive staff of the DMRC threatened to go on strike from midnight, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said his government might impose the Essential Services Maintenance Act to ensure smooth functioning of the Delhi Metro, even as he appealed to the employees to not resort to it. The ESMA is imposed by authorities to ensure smooth functioning of the services when faced with a situation of strike. "Whereas all genuine demands of Metro employees shud be met, strike wud cause inconvenience to lakhs of people. Strike shud not take place. Whereas govt imposing ESMA as last resort, I wud urge employees to not resort to strike (sic)," Kejriwal tweeted. Meanwhile, two rounds of talks between the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) authorities and representatives of the DMRC Staff Council today "failed", which means the transporter is staring at an imminent strike from June 30, which is likely to severely affect the services. "The talks have failed and we have not been able to ...
Delhi Transport Minister directs DMRC to resolve issues of employee as strike looms over Metro rail services
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot today directed Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to resolve the issues of its non-executive employees who have threatened to go on a strike from June 30. In a letter to the DMRC managing director, the transport minister also sought to know about the progress of talks between the officials and the employees. Efforts be made to resolve the issues as early as possible so that Metro operations are not hampered in any manner," the letter stated. The minister has offered his help to DMRC in case his intervention is needed to resolve the issue. Delhi Metro services might be severely affected from tomorrow as the non-executive staff of the transporter have threatened to go on a strike, if their demands are not met by then. There are nearly 12,000 people employed with the transporter, with non-executive staffers accounting for about 9,000. Some of the non-executive staff of DMRC have been demonstrating at a few metro stations, including Yamuna Bank and
Ambulance services in HP remain hit as employees' strike enters Day 5
Ambulance services in Himachal Pradesh remained affected as a strike by employees entered fifth day today despite the state government imposing the Essential Services Maintenance Act in 11 out of total 12 districts. The state government said it had made alternative arrangements for running ambulances to avoid inconvenience to the patients. Several employees of GVK EMRI (Emergency Management and Research Institute), which runs the 108 and 102 services, went on strike on Monday. Ambulance drivers and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who provide pre-hospital care to patients are accusing the organisation of not paying them enough for the long hours they keep. They have demanded that ambulance workers be covered under a government policy, as in Haryana, to ensure they work only for eight hours. Supporting the striking employees, the CPI(M) has demanded that state government immediately cancel its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GVK EMRI for running the 108 and 102 ...
Legal battles, education sessions and firings - Inside the fight for unions at Samsung
SEOUL (Reuters) - When Jo Jang-hee, a restaurant manager at a Samsung amusement park, tried to set up a labour union in 2011, human resources managers gathered him and some 60 colleagues into a basement seminar room.
ESMA imposed in 4 Himachal districts in view of strike by employees of ambulance services
The Essential Services Maintenance (ESMA) Act was imposed in four districts of Himachal Pradesh today, following a strike by the employees of the 108 and 102 ambulance services. Kangra District Magistrate K K Saroch issued the orders in this regard here and said, "Those who do not return to work shall be punished in accordance with law." He added that before imposing ESMA, he had a meeting with the officials of the health and police departments, along with the in-charge of the ambulance services. The Essential Services Maintenance Act is an Act of Parliament, which was introduced to ensure a continuing delivery of certain services, which, if obstructed, would affect the normal life of people, including services related to public transports and the health sector. Saroch said the health department was asked to make alternative arrangements for patients till the resumption of the ambulance services. A health department official said they were taking the services of the drivers of other ..
Mayor seeks Centre's help for imparting skill training to sanitation workers
North Delhi Mayor Adesh Gupta has approached the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, seeking help for imparting skill training to NDMC sanitation workers, especially women, to bring them into the mainstream, the civic body today said. Gupta sought the assistance in a letter written to Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation said in a statement. Gupta has also sought cooperation of the ministry so that an MoU can be signed between the NDMC and organisations engaged under the ministry's control in providing job-oriented skill training, to safai karamcharis, specially women and rag-pickers, it said "This will help bring them into the mainstream so that they will not have to continue to do this work or the generations after them," he said. Gupta said there are about 30,000 sanitation workers under the corporation and their lives can be uplifted by starting job-oriented training programmes. The mayor said the 700 ..
Delhi Metro services may get severely hit as staff threaten strike from Jun 30
Delhi Metro services might be severely affected from June 30 as the non-executive staff of the transporter have threatened to go on a strike, if their demands are not met by then. There are nearly 12,000 people employed with the transporter, with non-executive staffers accounting for about 9,000. Some of the non-executive staff of the DMRC have been demonstrating at a few metro stations, including Yamuna Bank and Shahdara, since June 19 in support of their eight-point demand. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Staff Council had given a call to every member to join the agitation, but not all have participated in the stir. The non-executive workforce includes train operators, station controllers, operations and maintenance staff and technicians, and form a major component in the operation of the rapid rail network. Some of the council members have been protesting over a number of issues, including pay-scale revision, modification of DMRC Staff Council as an employees union, proper ...
Despite ESMA, Himachal ambulance workers remain on strike
Ambulance services in Himachal Pradesh were hit today by a continuing strike, a day after the state government imposed the Essential Services Maintenance Act in the four worst-hit districts. Several employees of GVK EMRI (Emergency Management and Research Institute), which runs the 108 and 102 services, went on strike on Monday. Yesterday, the Himachal Pradesh government imposed ESMA in Shimla, Solan, Sirmaur and Chamba districts. Ambulance drivers and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who provide pre-hospital care to patients are accusing the organisation of not paying them enough for the long hours they keep. 'Why has the state government imposed ESMA on us? We are not government employees and ESMA cannot be imposed on private employees, said employees union head Pooran Chandra. If the state government wants to impose ESMA, it should be imposed on GVK EMRI organisation responsible for running the 108 and 102 ambulances, he said. The union is demanding that ambulance workers ...
Cement industry to hold wage revision talks tomorrow
Cement manufacturers and employees unions would hold talks here tomorrow on wage revision in the industry following the expiry of the four-year accord reached in 2014. Noted industrialist and India Cements Ltd, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, N Srinivasan would represent the Cement Manufacturers Association in the talks with representatives of more than 10 labour unions. The previous four-year wage settlement reached in 2014 expired on March 31, 2018. Srinivasan, who earlier served CMA as president twice would lead the negotiations with unions including INTUC, AITUC, CITU, HMS (Hind Mazdoor Sabha), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and LPF of DMK. Briefing reporters, here, Srinivasan said, the cement industry was facing many challenges including deposits of limestone being available in only seven states. "Not all the regions are prosperous. The industry faced nil or weak demand in the last six to seven years. It faced cost pressure with increase in price of all materials and
Delhi Metro services may get severely hit due to strike from Jun 30
Delhi Metro services might be severely affected after next two days as the non-executive staff of the transporter have threatened to go on strike from June 30 if their demands are not met by then. There are nearly 12,000 people employed with the transporter, with non-executive staffers accounting for about 9,000. Some of the non-executive staff of the DMRC have been demonstrating at a few metro stations, including Yamuna Bank and Shahdara, since June 19 in support of their eight-point demand. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Staff Council had given a call to all members to join the agitation but not all have participated in the stir. The non-executive workforce includes train operators, station controllers, operations and maintenance staff and technicians, and form a major component in the operation of the rapid rail network. Some of the council members have been protesting over a number of issues, including payscale revision, modification of DMRC Staff Council as an employees union, .
PFAMES Academy launched to offer media, entertainment courses
The Media and Entertainment Skills Council (MESC) today announced the launch of a specialised training division called Prime Focus Academy of Media and Entertainment Studies (PFAMES). "PFAMES will offer an industry-centric 10-month integrated training programme for high-wage employability and entrepreneurial skill-building across 8 cities in line with MESC's mandate to create 11.74 lakhs skilled workforce by 2022," a release said. MESC comes under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. The academy will admit 100 students to its 12 centres across 8 cities on the basis of an entrance examination for its inaugural batch. "PFAMES is a radically new skill building academy with state of the art facilities across 8 cities in India. The inaugural batch of 1,200 students will create a diversified talent pool with 40 per cent of course duration spent working on the job," Namit Malhotra, Founder, Executive Chairman & Global CEO of Prime Focus Limited said.
Media and Entertainment skills council together with prime focus launches PFAMES
Media and Entertainment Skills Council (MESC), a non-profit skill-building organization under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), today announced the launch of a specialised training division, Prime Focus Academy of Media and Entertainment Studies (PFAMES).The academy will admit 100 students to its 12 centres across 8 cities on the basis of an entrance examination for its inaugural batch. MESC has mandated Prime Focus Limited (PFL), the world's largest independent integrated media services powerhouse, to provide an operational platform for running these courses."Private participation is a key pillar of the National Skill Mission and it is in concert with sector specialists like Prime Focus that we can create a truly entrepreneurial workforce. The aim to create nearly 12 lakh skilled workforce will help us achieve gainful employment opportunity in fast growingindustries for the growing number of young professionals in India," said Chief Operating ...
U.S. Supreme Court delivers blow to organised labour in fees dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a big blow to organised labour, ruling that non-members cannot be forced in certain states to pay fees to unions representing public employees such as teachers and police, shutting off a key union revenue source.
U.S. Supreme Court delivers blow to organized labor in fees dispute
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a blow to organized labor, ruling that non-members cannot be forced in certain states to pay fees to unions representing public employees such as teachers and police, shutting off a key union revenue source.
Supreme Court deals big setback to labour unions
The Supreme Court ruled today that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labour unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organised labour. The justices are scrapping a 41-year-old decision that had allowed states to require that public employees pay some fees to unions that represent them, even if the workers choose not to join. The 5-4 decision fulfils a longtime wish of conservatives to get rid of the so-called fair share fees that non-members pay to unions in roughly two dozen states. The court ruled that the laws violate the First Amendment by compelling workers to support unions they may disagree with. "States and public-sector unions may no longer extract agency fees from nonconsenting employees," Justice Samuel Alito said in his majority opinion for the court's five conservative justices. President Donald Trump weighed in minutes after the decision was handed down, while Alito still was reading a summary of it from ..