After six hours of deliberation, involving all four producers' bodies and the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, the two parties announced that they had resolved their differences on workers' wages.
According to Mukesh Bhatt and FWICE President, Dharmesh Tiwari, the interests of the lower most section of the trade have been kept in mind. "Workers will move from a per day payment to a monthly wage," said Bhatt. "Their work timings will be between 9 am and 10 pm, beyond that they will be paid on a pro-rata basis," added Tiwari.
"We are happy about the settlement," said Tiwari. Both the parties acknowledged the contribution of Fox Studios India head Deepak Segal and Hats Off Productions' JD Majethia in reaching a resolution.
While the shoot commences from tonight, it will be couple of more days before the channels beam fresh programming.
Nevertheless, all couch potatoes can now heave a huge sigh of relief. They can tune into their favourite soaps soon and it is bye-bye to repeat telecasts.
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Finally the 10 day long TV strike has been called off. And fresh episodes will be aired from the coming week...
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?
celebration time guys..
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