Balco: The Good News
Pay is up and no one's complaining
Updated on:
- Balco ends 67-day strike with a pact which workers say is the best till date
- Pay hikes, new perks implemented, amounting to one-third of monthly salary. Contract labourers remain.
- Workers currently work 365 days-a-year to achieve 100 per cent output; give overtime payment a go-by
- Major modernisation drive planned. To increase output to 4,00,000 tonnes per year from the current 1,30,000.
- Efforts to increase sale through countrywide network; focus on both domestic and international markets
- Global experts from China & Russia to train Balco workers on modern techniques in smelting etc