There is legitimate mechanisms set up by law to address balance between employer & different categories of employees. Nothing wrong nothing right, it depends on which side you are at that moment.
Still, whether you like or not, you agree or not, you have to manage Strike, non-cooperation, cartel, union, group, disciplinary actions, negotiations.
There are different ways of managing such situation. We were part of installation team which was very important location & used to cater larger part of country. Any disruption over that can have larger ramifications. The way of managing situation here was to make our hands dirty, your all fundamentals get cleared for life time. Keeping our routine jobs aside, filling train wagons with fuel by operating everything by taking total control. Let me tell you, one train equals to burning energy equivalent to one full meal. Means how many trains you manage those many meals you have to take in a day. What helped additionally to make learnings robust, the handmade drawings created by us for each & every major pipeline in the tank farm with Color code.
What was loss, the most favorite Kite flying festival of Gujarat, no gain without sacrifice.
What gained, the wisdom of village, (& Champi, & tasty Paan). Though 95% were on strike, there were few who were working, we had deployed few on contracts. The wisdom of village was another learning, those few operating with us developed strong bond during such situation. While walking along trains with those front-line employees gave us lot of insights on Onion Politics (even valid today), Sugar Politics, PAP policies viewed by the affected people, theft of fuel & pollution impact on ground water.
