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Kochi Port unions want to strike from 11 August go
The Trade Union Coordination Committee, a combine of trade unions at the Cochin Port Trust, has issued a notice to go on strike from August 11 demanding, among other things, continued operation of the Rajiv Gandhi Container
Terminal to service coastal cargo, combi vessels and defence cargo once the container operations are shifted to Vallarpadam.
A statement from the coordination committee said that the workers also
wanted protection of their jobs in view of the impending commissioning
of the Vallarpadam terminal.
Job protection
They pointed out that handling of containers at the RGCT will be
dispensed with consequent on the shifting of the terminal operations as
part of Vallarpadam. This will affect around 4,000 workers presently
deployed at the terminal for various container-related work, their
future employment and earnings.
The coordination committee had written to the Port Trust Chairman
requesting him to take appropriate action to protect continued
employment opportunity. Vallarpadam terminal
They pointed out that Clause No:17 of the 12 (3) Tripartite Settlement
in 2005 arrived at between the parties provide for employment of deputed
port workers engaged in the terminal according to their suitability and
requirement when the operations at Willingdon Island are shifted to
Vallarpadam.
The port management may liase with the terminal operators and persuade
them to appoint the maximum number of willing port workers at the new
terminal at Vallarpadam.
According to the Clause No 14, it was agreed that the licensee shall
permit the terminal user to engage their employees at their own cost for
container-related work.
The same situation has to be continued when the container terminal is shifted to Vallarpadam.
Container handling
The handling of empty import/export containers shall be entrusted to the port workers.
The committee also suggested that the port management engage its workers
and use the existing infrastructure if it decides to handle coastal
containers in the RGCT after the terminal operators’ migration to
Vallarpadam.
The statistics reveal that there has been a growth in the arrival of
coastal containers to the port at the rate of 10 per cent on
year-on-year.
Source: The Hindu Business Line
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