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Ronak Chhabra
Defence Unions Decry Centre for not Keeping Word on Service Norms for Erstwhile OFB Employees
25 Oct 2021
According to the federations, normal working hours in at least one of the 7 defence PSUs were amended this month; enlisting their 11 demands, the unions have issued a “notice of agitation”.
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Defence Federations Call Upon Employees to Boycott Inauguration of 7 Corporate Entities
12 Oct 2021
Formed after the dissolution of OFB, the defence firms will be formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a video conference on October 15.
Ronak Chhabra
Over 99% Defence Employees Vote Against OFB Corporatisation in a Referendum
30 Sep 2021
The referendum results were released a day after the Defence Ministry issued an order for the dissolution of the OFB, with effect from October 1, into seven newly constituted Defence Public Sector…
Ronak Chhabra
After Defence Workers Barred From Strike, Federations Take Legal Route to Battle OFB Corporatisation
09 Sep 2021
In another move, a referendum week is to be organised from September 13 to September 18 in which the 76,000 defence employees in ordnance factories across the country will be asked to express their…
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OFB: Defence Federations to Observe July 8 as All India Black Day Against Centre’s ‘Draconian’ Ordinance
02 Jul 2021
They have also decided to lodge a complaint with the International Labour Organisation against the ordinance allowing the Centre to prohibit agitation and strike action by those engaged in “essential…
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OFB: Ahead of Indefinite Strike, Centre Empowers Itself to Penalise Workers in ‘Essential Defence Services’
01 Jul 2021
Defence Federations called the Ordinance – designed on the lines of ESMA – 'brutal' and 'draconian'; they are to meet on Thursday evening to discuss a future course of action.
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Defence Federations To Discuss Indefinite Strike Against OFB Corporatisation
17 Jun 2021
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to convert the Ordnance Factory Board into seven new Defence Public Sector Undertakings; employees to burn effigies at defence establishments on June 19…
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‘Conciliation Settlement Violated’: Defence Federations Write to Rajnath Singh over Corporatisation of OFB
11 Mar 2021
The letter, signed by representatives of all three recognized federations, hints that the Centre has failed in drawing lessons from farmers’ movement.
Ronak Chhabra
OFB: 82,000 Defence Employees to Go on Indefinite Strike from Oct 12 Opposing Corporatisation Move
04 Aug 2020
The workers’ unions have made 14 representations, including to the President and Prime Minister, demanding to withdraw the proposal to convert ordnance factories into a corporate entity.
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Defence Employees in India to Go on Call Attention Strike on 15 March
06 Mar 2018
Four lakh defence civilian employees in India are expected to participate in the protest action against defence privatisation.