Cooking gas distributors of public sector oil companies are firm on going ahead with their indefinite strike from Tuesday Feb 25,2014
All India LPG Distributors Federation and Federation of LPG Distributors of India have listed various demands, the key demand is withdrawal of new Marketing Discipline Guidelines that prescribe stringent actions and came into force a couple of days ago.
Describing certain provisions of the MDG 2014 as “unreasonable and harsh” and claiming that the guidelines could be used as a tool against them
The plan is to not open the agencies and supply refills to households.An imminent possibility is a rise in the backlog with the distributors resulting in more wait for consumers to get refills.
However,All India LPG Distributors Federation general secretary Chandra Prakash said sale to commercial establishments and institutions offering emergency services like hospitals would continue during the strike.
Strike Called-Off Monday Feb 24,2014
Cooking gas (LPG) dealers on Monday night called off their proposed indefinite strike after oil companies set up a panel to look into their grievances.
The All India LPG Distributors Federation and Federation of LPG Distributors of India had jointly given a strike call from to protest against disciplinary actions being initiated against them in cases like short-supply.
The strike was called off after it was agreed in talks between the associations and the oil companies to form a joint panel to address their grievances.
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