Trade unions push for survival of HMT Machine Tools

A meeting of NCHU was held here under the Chairmanship of TRS MP B Vinod Kumar and trade union representatives from various HMT Machine Tools facilities were present on the occasion, a release said.

Hyderabad, Nov 14 The National Confederation of HMT Unions (NCHU) today urged the management of HMT to convene a meeting to chalk out a plan to save HMT Machine Tools from the threat of closure.

A meeting of NCHU was held here under the Chairmanship of TRS MP B Vinod Kumar and trade union representatives from various HMT Machine Tools facilities were present on the occasion, a release from HMT Employees Union Telangana said.

The NCHU unanimously resolved that an approach paper should be prepared at the trade union level for the survival of HMT Machine Tools, incorporating major factors like necessity of professional management, short and long term vision to suggest plans taking into consideration the ground realities.

This approach paper would be presented to the Centre for its favourable consideration, it said. "The NCHU unanimously resolved to request Vinod Kumar, MP, to guide and lead trade unions in an endeavour to save HMT Machine Tools Ltd in his capacity as Chief Patron of NCHU," the release added.

PTI