In yet another historic agreement between the Tata Steel Management and the Tata Workers’ Union the long standing issue of temporary employees was settled. The agreement was signed by the Managing Director, Mr B Muthuraman and President, Tata Workers’ Union, Mr R B B Singh, in the presence of Mrs Nidhi Khare, Labour Commissioner, Government of Jharkhand and other executives and union officials of the company. The issue had been unresolved for over two decades.

Hailing the agreement as another step towards strengthening the industrial peace in the city, Mrs Khare asserted that its terms and agreements are much better than was expected. This, she said, is yet another testimony of the tradition of Union - Management cooperation.

Mr Muthuraman thanked Mrs Khare for the keen interest she had shown in facilitating the agreement. He emphasised the company’s intention to continue to improve the quality of life of the employees, and envisioned a day when every employee of the company would own a car.

Mr R B B Singh and the union officials present thanked the Management and the Labour department for their role in bringing the agreement to fruition.

Tata Steel’s technological abilities were very much in evidence in different light at the annual awards ceremony of the Association of Business Communicators of India. The Company won four first prizes and two second prizes for its application of the latest communication technologies, while reaching out to a large number of people in its target audience.

The Company’s entries competed against 350 others from across the country. Last year, Tata Steel house journals had won a record number of prizes and the Company a total of ten, the highest won by any organisation in the history of ABCI. The company has through these awards established its leadership in the field of communications.

The awards were presented to the winners at a function attended by the who’s who of communications including Mrs. Anuradha Mahindra, Editor, Verve Magazine, Mr Vikram Sarada, CEO, Sarada Group and Editor Deshdoot Times, Maharashtra and Mr Anand Sankeshwar, CEO, Vijay Karnataka - a leading regional newspaper and MD, Vijayanand Printers.