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Industrial Relations Ordinance (XXIII of 1969)------ ----- S. 45-Prohibition of strike-Management's application for prohibi­tion of illegal strike contested by Union on plea that there had been no strike-Correspondence between Management and Union indicating raising of demands and discontentment amongst workers-Allegation of existence of illegal strike appearing not wholly unfounded-Issuance of prohibitory order, in circumstances, held, justified. S. M. Yaqoob for Applicant. S. S. Hussain for Respondent. ORDER The brief facts giving rise to the present order are that Quality Steel Works Ltd. have filed an application under section 34 of the I. R. O., 1969, against Quality Steel Staff and Workers Union alleging that the applicants are running a factory of Steel Re-rolling which is a nationalised industry under the Presidential Order No. 1 of 1972. About 400 workers are employed in the factory and there are various sections. The respondent-Union is also a registered Trade Union and C. B. A. for the workers of the applicant-Mills. It is alleged that a settlement was arrived between the parties on 20-8-1975 which is valid for two years and the Union is not competent to raise any financial demand as per clause 22 (c). It is further alleged that the workers perform their duties in the applicant-Mills on the basis 'one hour work followed by one hour rest', which in the general practice in all re-rolling mills. It is also a practice that if any worker is absent in any particular section, his co-worker of the rest shift would perform duties of the absentee worker in addition to his own normal duties; for which extra wages are given to the workers who perform duties for the absentee workers. It is said that the Union gave a letter dated 22-1-76 raising a demand in respect of the extra work done by the workers. The Management responded their letter and asked them to work quietly in view of the existing agreement. Similarly, the correspondence went on in detail between the parties and the workers are said to have staged illegal strike in Rolling Mil] 'A' from 10-00 a. m, to 11-00 a. m. on 23-1-76 and in Rolling 'B' form 10-00 a. m. to 11-00 a. m. and as well as from 2-00…

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