EMPLOYEES UNION vs MESSRS DYER TEXTILE & PRINTING MILLS LTD., KARACHI — 1972 PLC 394

Citation: 1972 PLC 394

Court: Labour Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-10-12

Parties: EMPLOYEES UNION vs MESSRS DYER TEXTILE & PRINTING MILLS LTD., KARACHI

Headnotes

Case cited as 1972 PLC 394

Judgment Text

Court Name: Labour Court Judge(s): Muhammad Rasheed, Shoukat Ali A. Nanji, Hidayat Hussain Title: EMPLOYEES UNION vs MESSRS DYER TEXTILE & PRINTING MILLS LTD., KARACHI Case No.: Application No. 50 of 1971 Date of Judgment:1971-10-12 Reported As: 1972 PLC 394 Result: N/A Judgment ORDER HIDAYAT HUSSAIN (CHAIRMAN).-The applicant-Union are the collective bargaining agent with the respondent-Manage--ment. An agreement was entered into between the parties on 28th December 1970, in terms of which certain demands of the workers had been acceded to by the Management. The allegation of the applicant-Union is that in order to nullify the effect of the agreement the respondent-Management resorted to illegal practice of coercion, intimidation and victimisation of the workmen. Criminal complaints have been filed by the General Secretary of the Union against the respondent-Management for committing breach of the terms of the agreement in the months of June and July. It is the case of the applicants that as a measure of retaliation the respondent-Management closed down their 'C' shift requiring the workers to report for duty in the other shifts but when they reported for duty the Management refused to take them back on their previous terms and insisted on their accepting the job as Badli workers. Ultimately they closed down 'A' and 'B' shifts also. The applicant-Union preferred Application No. 50/71, under section 45 of the I. R. O., 1969 against that closure and this Court through its…

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