ON THE completion of three years and three days of uninterrupted dharna for restart of the Elgin Mill (I), the temporary retrenched employees on Saturday sat on a 24-hour hunger strike in support of their various demands at the dharna site (Gate of Elgin Mill-I). The strike was organised under the banner of Trade Union Council.
Talking to HT, general secretary of the Council Md Sami said about 1,800 temporary workers were retrenched by the mill and the mill authorities assured them that the mill would restart soon and they would be taken back. Sami said innocent employees, reposing faith on mill authorities, did not raise any demand for financial assistance.
Members of the Council have decided to meet the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the British India Corporation on May 25 at Lucknow in support of their demands. Besides, they would also stage a dharna along with their families on May 21.