SSS Workers on Strike!
Stumpp, Schuele & Somappa (SSS) workers, mainly contract workers, are on war path led by Com. S.Balan, Karnataka State President of AICCTU demanding regularisation, wage rise and reinstatement of a worker dismissed for trade union reasons. They are on strike from 01.03.2014. In spite of serving strike notice two and a half months back, the workers patiently waited for a positive approach from the management in solving workers' problems. But were forced to go on a strike from Mar. 1. Even the intervention of higher officials of the labour department of Karnataka did not yield any result as the management refused to participate in the tripartite negotiations. On 1st March, workers demonstrated in front of the Labour department. The struggle is on and the strike has entered its sixth day today.
The management is adament in spite of the fact that contract workers are also part of the recognised union of regular employees which has entered into agreements with the company. The management is unable to digest unionisation by contract employees and is adopting all possible illegal methods and spreading rumours to break the strike. Workers are determined to struggle to win over their demands and the Struggle is on.
Stumpp, Schuele & Somappa (SSS) is the Best spring maker for automotive and other industries in India. But, it is the worst in terms of labour relations. Established in 1960, Stumpp, Schuele and Somappa was the first spring manufacturing unit in the sub continent. But, workers are being paid a pittance. More than 70 percent of highly skilled workforce in the company are cruelly exploited in the name of contract and training.
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