The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) congratulates the coal mine workers for their magnificent united strike action on 10th October 2011 which led to almost total standstill in operation in the mines and other units of all the nine subsidiary companies under Coal India Ltd viz., ECL, BCCL, CCL, NCL, WCL, SECL, MCL, NEC and CMPDIL and also in Singarenny Collieries in AP. As per even the assessment made by management of Coal India Ltd, out of 456 work-units in its nine subsidiary companies, in 421 production and operation got completely paralysed, and in 11 units, there was some work and rest 24 units were exempted from strike, those being hospitals and other emergency services. In Singarenny collieries also strike was massive.
All the five major workers federations of all affiliations jointly called for one day strike to protest against Coal management’s rigid and unreasonable stand on the just demand for performance linked annual bonus for the workers commensurate with profit and dividend pay-out. The Federations also demanded to ensure coverage of bonus-payment for all the contract workers in the coal industry in due recognition to their contribution to production and profitability of the industry. The most unreasonable and rigid position taken by the management on the just demands of the workers compelled the workers to resort to strike action.
CITU congratulates the coal workers and their federations and unions for the unprecedented unity and resolve they demonstrated through this historic total strike action in all the collieries and establishments spread over length and breadth of the country. CITU is confident, the federations will remain firm and united to prepare for further struggle to compel the management and the Govt to concede to the just demands of the workers which will go a long way for strengthening the struggle for forthcoming wage negotiations in coal industry and also against the retrograde move for contractorisation and outsourcing.
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