Journalism of Courage
The 17 visually-challenged workers along with 14 other workers of Uma Precision Private Limited have withdrawn their hunger strike after the company agreed to discuss their reinstatement within a month.
The company had issued suspension orders to the workers in December 2009 for indiscipline and manhandling an officer of the company.
Despite the labour court order,the company refused to reinstate the workers. We had even approached the disability commissioner and the labour commissioner on this matter, said advocate Vaishali Sarin,counsel for the workers.
However,a company official said that an inquiry regarding the gross misconduct is underway. As promised,the company is paying Rs 2 lakh per month towards salary of the 31 suspended workers and will continue till the inquiry is over, he said.
The firm has nearly 500 employees. It had employed the suspended workers in its punching unit. They had been working since 2005.
