The wage settlement issue, which has triggered a protest from 600,000 port and dock workers across 12 major ports in the country, remained unresolved at the meeting held between the managements and the unions today, but there are chances that it mightl be in the near future. The managements wanted more time.

S R Kulkarni, president of All India Port and Dock Workers Federation
(AIPDWF), the biggest union, said: “We were unable to reach a consensus
today. The managements want to pay allowances prospectively to workers,
instead of retrospectively from January 2007, which is not acceptable
to us. The management has called for a final meeting in the second week
of December in which the agreement will be finalised.”

The five federations had called for indefinite strike from December 15
earlier this month, alleging that terms which were agreed on in the
Bipartite Wage Negotiation Committee (BWNC) meeting held on October 31
had not been adhered to in the draft proposal chalked out by the
managements.

Mohan Aswani, additional general secretary, Indian National Port and
Dock Workers Federation (INPDWF), said: “There are outstanding issues
like depression of minimum pay to Rs 7,500 from Rs 8,200 that have to
be discussed. We will wait for the outcome of the meeting in December
and then decide on the further course of action.” The wage revision
issue has been under negotiation in BWNC for three years now and has
instigated a call for indefinite strike from the unions for the second
time this year.

Source: Business Standard

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