NMPT Shipping company's labors strike enters 8th day,
Mangaluru: Workers at the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) have been on an indefinite strike since January 29 to press the authorities to full fill their various demands including the implementation of minimum wages.
All shipping companies workers must get minimum wages declared by the central government. Per hour Rs. 150 OT must be paid. Every year, 20 percent of minimum wages must be given as a bonus. Equal pay for equal work should be carried like harbor's direct employees. All workers job should be made permanent. No worker should be removed by giving false reasons. These are the demands for which workers of NMPT shipping company are protesting.
This is the first time, workers of the shipping company have come forward to raise their voice against the authorities to full fill their demands.
AICCTU national vice-president Shankar said "first time in the history, more than 1000 workers have staged the protest near NMPT entrance gate. Maximum laborers are localities. During this protest, the authorities of the company have brought labors from Bihar and Ballary and taking work from them. When there is the legal protest in the process, recruiting temporary workers is illegal and is an unfair labor practice which is prohibited according to the Industrial Dispute Act 1947".
Letters sent to shipping company
"Letters have been dispatched stating that workers are absent which is illegal. There is a legal strike going on, and workers are being harassed and threatened by all means. Shipping companies are visiting the workers' residence and threatening them to join work. Our workers are determined, and they have been asked to sign an agreement with the Labour Department in the presence of deputy labor commissioner under section 12(3) so that workers will be safe. The management of both the companies have promised many things, but never fulfilled them," he added.
Meeting on February 6
"A conciliation meeting has been called by deputy chief labor commissioner (Central) Subramaniam on February 6. He is the Karnataka in-charge and the labor authority deputed by the central government to handle the issue of the strike here. If the company management attends the meeting tomorrow, before the labor authority meeting, we are willing to cooperate fully to solve the issue. If our demands are not met, we will have to continue the strike. Now, the ball is in the court of the shipping company," he said.
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Gujarat man held for impersonating govt official, duping people with forged letters
Ahmedabad (PTI): The Ahmedabad police have arrested a 29-year-old man who allegedly posed as a senior revenue official and used fake letters claiming to be from various government departments to cheat people, an official said on Sunday.
Mehul Shah, an engineer who manages two schools at Vankaner in Gujarat’s Morbi district, is accused of making lakhs of rupees with bogus documents and false claims, said inspector (crime branch) JK Makwana.
Shah had forged an appointment letter from the Ahmedabad district education officer (DEO) to offer a computer operator’s job in a government office to a complainant’s son. He also introduced himself as a trustee of a school and did not pay a man Rs 7 lakh due to him over the painting of a school building, the official said.
“Despite holding no official position in the state or central government, he used fake work permits and NOCs to cheat people of lakhs of rupees,” the police official said.
One complainant alleged that Shah identified himself as a top revenue department official and produced a fake letter from the chairman of the “department of science and research development” to make him install a siren and curtain in a hired vehicle but did not pay for the job, he said.
Bogus letters claiming to be from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ahmedabad DEO were used by the accused to cheat the complainants, the police official said.
Police have recovered from his possession fake identity cards and letters with headings like “bharat gaurav ratna shri samman council”, “chairman of department of science and research development”, “health and family welfare department”, and “road and building department”.
“The FIR is based on complaints by three victims. We appeal to the people to come forward and submit their complaints if they have been cheated by Shah in any way,” Makwana said.
