Archive · 29 May 2025
Human Rights Forum Condemns VSP Contract Workers' Dismissals
Workers at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant are on strike because they are worried about losing their jobs and the company being sold.
A group called the Human Rights Forum is supporting them.
The workers are upset because the company wants to get rid of them and is not listening to their concerns about fair pay and job security.
The HRF believes the government is trying to sell the plant to private companies, which the HRF does not agree with.
They want the government to stop these actions and listen to the workers.
The HRF says the company is using the police to scare the workers instead of talking to them, which is not fair.
They believe the actions taken violate existing labor laws and are pushing for the government to find a solution.
Contract workers at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) are on an indefinite strike over management threats.
The Human Rights Forum (HRF) supports the workers and condemns recent terminations due to privatization.
HRF demands the reinstatement of 3,000 terminated contract workers.
HRF condemns the management's use of police and intimidation tactics.
HRF opposes privatization of the steel plant and calls for a resolution of workers' grievances.
- Who
- Contract workers, the management of VSP, and the Human Rights Forum.
- What
- Contract workers' strike at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
- When
- Ongoing for the past 10 days.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.
- Why
- To address worker's rights, job security and protest privatization attempts.
- Strike Duration
- Indefinite
- Reported Terminations
- 3,000
- Actions Condemned by HRF
- Management of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
- Organizations Involved
- HRF, led by KV Jagannadha Rao and VS Krishna
- Location
- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
- Legal Context
- Industrial Disputes Act of 1948