This story is from April 3, 2015

EMRI employees to resume work today

Representatives of GVK Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), union leaders of the employees and a government panel headed by South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar met at the secretariat in Porvorim on Thursday evening successfully.
EMRI employees to resume work today
PANAJI: Representatives of GVK Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI), union leaders of the employees and a government panel headed by South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar met at the secretariat in Porvorim on Thursday evening successfully.
Barring a few, most employees who were part of the one-and-a-half month strike, will join duty on Friday. While many of the demands pertaining to welfare measures have been accepted by the management, remaining demands such as revision in pay package will be discussed in the next meeting scheduled on April 20.
Sagar Prabhudesai, union leader told TOI after the meeting that except for a few employees who were on hunger strike, the rest will resume work on Friday.

“They have agreed to fulfill most of our demands,” said Prabhudesai. The deadlock that lasted for a month-and-a-half ended after the government-appointed panel headed by Sawaikar intervened on Wednesday evening. The management also revoked the termination order of 11 employees.
S Mohammed Rafi, Goa head, GVK EMRI, along with Suraj Naik who attended the joint meeting on Thursday, told TOI that they were happy with the outcome of the meeting. On the safety aspect, he said it has been decided that any time in future if any GVK employee is assaulted on duty, a police complaint will be registered. In the past, there have been a few incidents of assault by local drunkards on employees on duty.
“We will file a police complaint if there is any such incident in future,” Rafi said.
A washroom facility will also be provided wherever not available. The elected representative helped to create a congenial environment for conducting the meeting. The deadlock that lasted for a month-and-a-half ended after the government-appointed panel headed by MP Narendra Sawaikar intervened on Wednesday evening.
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