Employees have resorted to one-day pen down strike throughout the State which led to the paralyzing of business. Trade Unionists have given the call for strike. They claim that the Government had made some promises when negotiations were conducted after the previous strike by the employees. But these promises have not been fulfilled. What is the reason that the Government is unwilling to implement those commitments? The leaders of the unions have referred to the unfulfilled commitments. A look at these shows that there can be the possibility of resolving the irritants and issues, and that the employees should not be pressed hard. Pen down strike causes difficulties for the public. We think that employees’ units should have intensified their contacts with the concerned authorities before taking the decision of giving a call for strike. Many departments were exempted from strike because not doing so would have caused serious problems. Employees have many ways of expressing their dissatisfaction or complaints and resorting to strikes on the smallest of pretext is not advisable. While appealing to the employees for restraint, we strong emphasize on the Government that it should fulfill all the commitments made in previous negotiations. And if it has real and unavoidable difficulty in implementing parts of the negotiated commitments, it should come out for a frank debate on the issues to forestall calls for strike.
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