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Announcements Contract workers’ union stalls Haldia Petro project
Contract workers at the Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd’s expansion work at Haldia in West Bengal (file photo). Our Bureau Kolkata, Nov. 21 A contract workers’ union on Saturday stalled the commissioning of the Rs 1,230-crore capacity expansion project – nicknamed Project Supermax – at the State Government-controlled Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL). HPL shut down the mother naphtha cracker unit for 75 days from November 1 to commission the Project Supermax to enhance the capacity by 30 per cent to 6.7 lakh tonnes. A press release issued by the HPL spokesperson said the company management was engaged in a conciliation proceedings to settle the charter of demands of the CITU-backed HPL Contractors’ Workers Union (HCWU) on November 20, in the presence of the West Bengal Additional Labour Commissioner. “During the course of the conciliation proceedings, HCWU served the notice for indefinite strike from November 21. The strike was effected since this morning (November 21),” the release said, adding that the work for “implementation of Project Supermax has thus, come to a halt at the moment.” “A total of 11,000 workers belonging to the Supermax project contractors are currently engaged in commissioning the project. A strike, at this juncture, may have serious implications on our finances,” an HPL source told Business Line. When contacted, the CITU State General Secretary, Mr Kali Ghosh, blamed the HPL management for “not fulfilling legitimate demand of contractors’ workers” and for “continuously engaging contractual workers” for bulk of the job. “Contractors’ workers had legitimate demand for enhancing wages and other benefits but the management was adamant in not accepting it. “The ball is now in the court of the management and unless they agree to workers’ demands the strike will not be withdrawn,” he said. Haldia Petro sees lower demand for its products Haldia Petro to invest Rs 70 cr in power venture More Stories on : Announcements | Petrochemicals | Trade & Labour Unions
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