solidarity to the striking Employees

                                                                                                                       23/08/2019

To

All Members

AEW&S Union

BARC.

Dear comrades,

We salute all the 1,20,000 Defense employees of our country for their heroic initiative of One month Strike begins from 20^th August 2019 opposing corporatization of Government Department. The present Govt. has taken a decision to corporatize the 218 years old Indian Ordnance factory under the Ordnance Factory Board. These factories being war reserves and providing the products to the Armed forces cannot function as commercially viable or profit making units.

The Govt. wants these 41 Indian Ordnances Factories to produce Rs. 30,000 Crores worth of goods by 2024. The Unions accepted the challenge, but they want the Govt. to assure them that the proposal to corporatize the Ordnance factories will be shelved. But the Govt. refused and hence the Employees Federations served the strike notice few weeks ago.

The employees including Industrial and non-industrial, junior officers and charge Hans are participating in this one month strike. The decision of employees to lose their one month salary for their existence deserves a Salute.

Atomic Energy Workers and Staff union once again appreciate the Defense Employees for their sense of duty and commitment to the call of Federation/Union.

We request all our Union members to extend your solidarity to the striking Employees.

Yours faithfully

A. Sreedharan

(Gen. Secretary)

On behalf of Managing Committee AEWSU