
Defence civilian employees resent changes in working hours
The Hindu
Employees of defence armaments production units have resented what they term as ‘unilateral’ change in weekly working hours following the conversion of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) into multiple Defen
Employees of defence armaments production units have resented what they term as ‘unilateral’ change in weekly working hours following the conversion of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) into multiple Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs).
Though the Department of Defence Production had assured to safeguard interest of employees during the deemed deputation period in the seven corporations, they were facing many problems in their service matters. The Corporations were taking decisions that were ‘in violation of existing government orders’, General Secretary of All India Defence Employees Federation Srikumar said.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












