NLC employees court arrest

By Our Staff Reporter

CUDDALORE, MAY 26. About 400 employees of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation courted arrest, attempting to picket a thermal power station today.

Police said the workers, affiliated to the CITU, the PMK, the Labour Liberation Front and the Anna Labour Union, were taking out a procession towards the power house from Block IX in Neyveli Township when they were prevented.

The employees were lodged in a community hall.

They were protesting the ``dilly-dallying attitude'' adopted by NLC executives to ending the strike in the NLC, according to trade union sources.

At Pudhukuppam, about 30 members of unions affiliated to the AICTU, the UTSE, the INTUC and the DMS launched a dharna demanding an expeditious settlement of demands of the striking workers.

Mr. S. Kuppuswamy, president, DMK labour wing, and Mr. Sivasamy, Regional Labour Commissioner, arrived at Neyveli today to facilitate expeditious negotiations.

Meanwhile, a regulatory order under Section 30 (2) of the Police Act has been promulgated for 15 days in Neyveli Township.

The order banning unlawful assembly and processions came into effect yesterday.

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