Industries in Birgunj-Pathlaiya corridor closed as workers go on strike

At least eighteen factories in the Birgunj-Pathlaiya industrial corridor have been closed down due to a strike jointly called by different labour unions citing the failure of the managements to implement the recent agreement to hike the basic wage of workers.

Workers padlocked the main gates of the factories and staged sit-in programme, demanding that the managements immediately raise the basic pay by Rs 1300, as agreed during a tripartite (government-managements and labour union) talks few days earlier.

Issuing a statement on Wednesday, three labour unions - All Nepal Trade Union Federation, G-FONT and Nepal Trade Union Congress had announced strike in the industrial corridor.

Industries forced to close include multinational Surya Nepal, Hulas Steel and Triveni Group's factories. nepalnews.com mk Dec 12 08