Chowgule asks 500 mining staff not to report for work

  • | Tuesday | 17th April, 2018

Before that, Sesa Mining Corporation Ltd, a Vedanta company, asked all its employees not to report to work with immediate effect. Just last week, the Fomento group asked around 800 of its management staff to resign in view of the uncertainty in the state’s mining sector. “We want job security for workers,” he said.The Chowgule company’s decision is the latest in a string of setbacks in the mining sector. He said that there are around 500 workers at the company’s Sirgao, Pale, and Costi mines. PANAJI: The mining division of the Chowgule Group has asked around 500 of its workers not to report for work pursuant to the Supreme Court order mandating the stoppage of mining operations in Goa.Union leader and Goa Rajya Kamgar Mahasang president Puti Gaonkar on Monday told TOI that the workers have been asked to ‘stop card-punching’ from Monday.

PANAJI: The mining division of the Chowgule Group has asked around 500 of its workers not to report for work pursuant to the Supreme Court order mandating the stoppage of mining operations in Goa.Union leader and Goa Rajya Kamgar Mahasang president Puti Gaonkar on Monday told TOI that the workers have been asked to ‘stop card-punching’ from Monday. He said that there are around 500 workers at the company’s Sirgao, Pale, and Costi mines. Gaonkar said that if workers are offered voluntary retirement options, there are a few workers who’ve only completed two or three years, and they won’t be able to get anything. “We want job security for workers,” he said.The Chowgule company’s decision is the latest in a string of setbacks in the mining sector. Just last week, the Fomento group asked around 800 of its management staff to resign in view of the uncertainty in the state’s mining sector. However, the group didn’t touch the workers. Before that, Sesa Mining Corporation Ltd, a Vedanta company, asked all its employees not to report to work with immediate effect. The company transferred some of its management staff to other units outside Goa.In a communique issued to its employees, Sesa Mining Corporation Limited had said that it was beyond the control of the company to continue mining operations considering the Supreme Court judgment and instructions from the state government.“Hence, all employees have been advised not to report for duty at mines with immediate effect until further notice,” the company said.Meanwhile, leader of the opposition and Congress neta Chandrakant Kavlekar said that mining companies should withdraw their policy of terminating the employment of workers till the mining issue in the state is settled.

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