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Trade & Labour Unions Tata Power ex-workers protest ouster of 70 employees Our Bureau
Children of former Tata Power employees protesting outside Bombay House in Mumbai on Friday. — Shashi Ashiwal
Mumbai , June 11 SEVERAL former workers of Tata Power Company on Friday held protests outside the company's headquarters, Bombay House, along with their families, against the ouster of 70 employees, two of whom committed suicide eight months back. These workers were joined by a number of other major city unions today. Among others who joined the workers included members of the National Railway Mazdoor Union, All-India Trade Union, Transport and Dock Workers' Union, Voltas Switchgear Plant Employees Union, Bombay University College Teachers' Union, Lokshahi Hakk Sanghatana and Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights. Nearly 70 contract workers, ousted from the company in 1996, have been agitating for permanent jobs in Tata Power. Eight months back, two workers - Mr Anant Dalvi and Mr Akhtar Khan - had set themselves on fire outside Bombay House in protest against the company's decision against reinstating them. "After long negotiations, we finally agreed to let go our demand for permanent jobs for ourselves or our children or even for the widows of our dead colleagues," said Mr Ashok Kotian, one of the workers. "In return, the company said that it would pay each of us Rs 27,000 for every year that we have worked for Tata Power. But the management has gone back on its word." Workers claim that they had put in many years in TPC but the company had refused to give them permanent jobs. When contacted, a company spokesperson said: "An understanding has been reached (with the ex-workers)."
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