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- Trade unions under a joint council held a day-long protest at Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT) in Kochi, staging a sit-in at the FACT Udyogmandal time gate.
- They were protesting against the management's alleged anti-worker policies and what they called production paralysis in the public sector undertaking.
- The unions said the suspension of production has left around 500 temporary workers in loading, bagging and transport sections in severe financial distress.
- Their demands include an emergency plan to resume production, recruitment of permanent employees, payment of salary arrears from 2017 to 2022, and immediate implementation of shift allowance reforms.
What to watch next
- Whether FACT management responds to the demand for an emergency action plan to resume production
- Any movement on payment of salary arrears from 2017 to 2022
- Recruitment of permanent employees and implementation of shift allowance reforms
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Named India · Kochi · Udyogmandal · FACT · FEA · FEC · Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited · FWO · INTUC · Santhosh Babu · T.M. Saheer · Tony M.P. · V.A. Nasser
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