The tussle between the management and union over the issue of signing the undertaking was resolved this morning, with the management agreeing to the union's proposal to drop certain references to the 'lockout.'
At the general body meeting on Monday, the union decided that its members would report to work, albeit without signing any declaration, insisted upon by the management.
"The union had objected to references in the undertaking terming the strike illegal and of taking punitive actions in case of any incident," a union leader said.
"We spoke to the management and suggested a change in the format of the undertaking, to which they agreed, following which the workers today resumed duty," he said.
According to A R Shankar, general manager, corporate planning, TKM, "we have deleted references to the lockout, to which the union objected. But the five basic clauses relating to maintaining discipline, following instructions, abiding by the standing orders, obeying safety rules remain unchanged in the undertaking."
"We are happy to see our members back to work. We look forward to resuming normal production," he said.
Meanwhile, Meenakshi Sundaram, general secretary of the city district committee of CITU, said the "struggle would go on. But it would take different forms. Our demand to lift the suspension order on 27 employees issued during the strike in addition to 12 earlier cases would continue."
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