The Federation of LIC class-I officers Association has gone on a nation-wide strike on Thursday to protest against non-acceptance of their demands on the wage revision by the management of the Life Insurance Corporation. Some officials had also gone on a hunger strike on Wednesday in Hyderabad and were forced to end it on police intervention. Except Mumbai, the strike has been successful in the rest of the country, claimed R Gunasagar, president of the Federation. Prominent Congress leader Oscar Fernades is the chairman of the federation. Gunasagar said while the government is insisting 17% rise in the wage, the ...

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