Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Government employees have got no just right to strike

In 2003, when 1 lakh state government employees in tamil nadu went for strike, state government acted boldly and swiftly to ban all the government employees union

Unions went to supreme court and the verdict came in fvour of state government

Honourable Supreme Court observed that 'Government employees have got no just right to strike' and also upheld the state governments' decison to ban the unions.  All the unions fell at the feet of the chief minister asking for pardon.  No state government in India have got guts to do this act

It is 8 years since and today we are seeing strike by bank across India and i heard one of the trade union representative said that they are on strike for the benefit of the common man.  I am thinking that what benefit i am going to get by this strike.  Yes, there are hardships because of this strike that i could not withdraw cash from ATMs today and the situation might be worse tomorrow

Can the courts take note of this strike and tell the striking people that i as a common man does not get any benefit out of a strike by a government employee

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