Tag: Essential Services Maintenance Act

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has extended Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) prohibiting strikes by employees in power utilities and establishments including GRIDCO, OPTCL, OHPC, OPGC, NESCO, WESCO & SOUTHCO by another 6 months. Meanwhile, President of Odisha Power Employees Union, Dhulai Sahoo said that if the government doesn’t clear the pending salaries of the workers, […]

Sambalpur: Police resorted to lathicharge against 108 ambulance workers agitating in front of the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) office in Sambalpur demanding unconditional release of the 358 staff arrested under Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). The agitating ambulance staff also reiterated their demand for removal of private agencies engaged in the operation of ambulance services. […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding withdrawal of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), members of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Wednesday staged a protest at the Master Canteen area in the Capital city. Police took hundreds of protestors near lower PMG while they were marching in a bid to gherao the State Legislative Assembly. Odisha Essential […]