It's Bye-Bye to Strike...

It's time for all TV lagoons to celebrate as the on-going cold war between the Producers and the workers has finally ended. A grueling 6-hour long meeting finally saw both the parties(Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) and the Producers’ Body) come to a settlement over the differences in the workers’ wages. With the culmination of the 10 day long break, shooting for all Hindi GECs will commence from tonight.

Rajesh Chaddha, one of the sub committee members under the Producers' body says, “We have come to a settlement with the workers and all major parties are satisfied with the settlement. Fresh episodes will be telecast from Monday”.

It is learnt that the wages for the workers from now will be monthly deals, with the spot boys getting 13,500, light boys 15,000, electricians 17,000, carpenters 15,000, Assistant carpenter 13,000, Sound + Boom 60,000,  Make-up artistes altogether 80,000 per month. In addition to this, the workers will be getting day-to-day conveyance. The work timings will be from 9am to 10pm, and if it goes beyond, they will be paid on pro-rata basis.

So viewers gear up for more twists and turns in the up-coming fresh episodes of your favorite shows…

Reporter: Srividya Rajesh
Author: Rachana Trivedi