(a) whether the Government have called meeting of eight
Central Trade
Unions recently;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the said unions have submitted charter of demands
with special emphasis
on revision of wages;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether the Government have taken any decision thereon; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI MUNI LALL )
(a) to (f) : The Government met eight major Central Trade Union
Organisations (CTUOs)
on 29.1.2000 and 1.2.2000 and appealed to
them not to proceed on strike on 2.2.2000.
The Unions had
submitted a charter of demands against privatisation and
disinvestment, non-revival and closure of sick PSUs, non-payments
of wages in many
PSUs, guidelines of Department of Public
Enterprises on wage revision, etc. The
demands of the CTUOs were
discussed at the highest level and a Group of Ministers has
been
constituted to consider and give recommendations with respect to
some of the
main demands.