4 February, 2011In an agreement reached between Telco Workers' Union, affiliate of Indian National Metalworkers' Federation (INMF), and TATA Motors, 280 workers had been upgraded as regular employees at Jamshedpur Plant in India.
INDIA: On February 1, 2011, Telco Workers' Union (TWU) an affiliate of Indian National Metalworkers' Federation (INMF) and TATA Motors reached an agreement to regularize 280 temporary workers at Jamshedpur plant. The agreement covers 86 skilled and 194 semi-skilled employees. According to the agreement they will be included in different production departments within a fortnight. The Union has said that they will be examining the whole issue in the month of March and they hope that another couple of hundred workers will be upgraded again.
The signatories to the agreement were Mr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, TWU President, who is also the General Secretary of All India INTUC and Mr. Chandrabhan Prasad, TWU General Secretary. The management of TATA MOTORS were represented by Mr. P. K. Chobe, Plant Head and Mr. Sumanth Sinha, DGM (IR, W & CS). It is significant to note that in line with the tripartite agreement in February 2005 and subsequent bipartite agreements a total of 2,100 temporary workers have been inducted in the permanent rolls of the company.