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Kathmandu Tuesday August 28, 2001 Bhadra 12, 2058.
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Colgate Palmolive
mgmt-employees talks continue
Post Report
HETAUDA, Aug 27 - The management and striking
employees of Colgate Palmolive, a multinational company that manufactures toothpaste,
continued to hold talks to resolve their dispute. However, till the time of filing this
report, the talks remained inconclusive.
"Though several rounds of talks have been
held between the representatives of the laid off employees and the company since Sunday,
no agreement has been reached so far," says Hitler Biset, President of the Hetauda
Industrial District Industry Association. Colgate Palmolive has its factory inside the
premises of the industrial estate.
The company has been facing labour problems
since the management announced to lay off nine contract employees out of the total 32. The
remaining 23 employees were temporarily appointed by the company.
The company’s decision was in line with the
decision of the employee union’s decision in the industrial estate to disallow the
contract labour system recently. The strike had begun Sunday.
"Due to the current strike, all production
activities of the company has been stopped," informed a senior level official,
talking to The Kathmandu Post. The strikers are preventing the entry of other workers into
the factory premises.
The company was set up with an investment of Rs
600 million. Employing over 250 people presently, the company is running at losses of Rs
20 million daily due to the present strike.
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