Strikes, lock-outs by those engaged in essential defence services have been barred after President Ram Nath Kovind cleared the ordinance passed by the Union Cabinet. The Essential Defence Services Ordinance 2021 comes in the backdrop of the announcement by major federations of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to go on indefinite strike from July 26 in protest against the government’s decision to corporatise the Board. Read more…
