Abstract:
The report includes 40 representative wage agreements with the government, most of which were concluded in 1989. The agreements have seen strong wage increases, and set a pattern for bipartite wage negotiations and collective bargaining as a viable method, despite the number of unions involved. AGREEMENTS: Damodar Valley Corporation; Indian Oil (refineries and pipelines); HMT, Bangalore; National Thermal Power Corporation; Bharat Heavy Electricals, New Delhi; Hindustan Paper Corporation; GIC; Greaves Cotton; Greaves Cotton (Lombardini Unit), Aurangabad; Hindustan Copper; Indian petrochemicals; Calcutta electric supply; Cement; Bank; Port & dock; Steel; Coal industry; Hotel Catering Establishment Units (ITDC); National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC); Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC); Hindustan Cables (Rupnarainpur Unit); Tamilnadu Electricity Board; Hindustan Aeronautics; BEML; Indian Telephone; David Brown Greaves Chinchwad, Pune 411019; India Aluminium; India Airlines; Mineral exploration; Neyveli Lignite Corporation; Hindustan Photo Films, Ootacamund; Indian Oil Corporation; Hindustan Latex; Fertilisers; Indian Drug and Pharmaceuticals Ltd (IDPL); Shipping Corporation of India; Bharat Aluminium; Hindustan Zinc.
