Discontent among workers is spreading fast in all parts of the country. Salaried staff are apparently as much affected as the so-called blue-collar labour, that is, workers on the shop floor. The latest to join the queue being the administrative staff of universities in Bombay and Calcutta-for the first time in 120 years as far as Bombay University is concerned.The dock and port workers have also threatened a countrywide strike unless their demands are conceded. Experts have estimated that unless something is done, and quickly, to douse the fires of unrest, the Janata Government may begin its very first year with a record 50 million man-days lost. The irony of the situation is that George Fernandes who led the railway strike three years ago, now saddled with the industry portfolio will find himself on the wrong side of the negotiating table for the first time.Published By: AtMigration Published On: Jul 23, 2007 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---
