Date:19/07/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/07/19/stories/2007071960340800.htm

Tamil Nadu

NLC labourers call off strike

Special Correspondent

CUDDALORE: Contract labourers of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation called off their strike after an agreement on wage hike was reached on Wednesday.

They will return to work from 6 a.m. on Thursday. According to P. Kuppuswamy, secretary, All India Trade Union Congress, the NLC management agreed to hike wages to Rs.19.23 a day for about 13,000 contract labourers with retrospective effect.

The management would pay the arrears for the last three-and-half years. Each labourer would be entitled to over Rs.20,000, entailing a financial commitment of Rs.25 crore to the management.