{"id":3186,"date":"2015-01-07T12:32:16","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T07:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teekhapan.wordpress.com\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2015-01-07T12:32:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T07:02:16","slug":"coal-india-indias-biggest-industrial-strike-in-38-years-that-no-one-is-talking-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivekkaul.com\/2015\/01\/07\/coal-india-indias-biggest-industrial-strike-in-38-years-that-no-one-is-talking-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal India: India’s biggest industrial strike in 38 years that no one is talking about"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe unions of Coal India, the company which produces nearly 80% of the coal produced in India, have gone on a five day strike, starting January 6, 2015. The strike is supported by the five leading trade unions in the country, including the Bhartiya Janata Party backed Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS).
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Press Trust of India reports<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> that the strike is the biggest industrial action seen in any sector since 1977. It is also the <\/span><\/span><\/span>biggest strike in the history of Coal India<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span>. Interestingly, the unions had boycotted a meeting called by coal minister Piyush Goyal last week.
\nThe unions are essentially protesting the disinvestment and restructuring of Coal India. They also don’t like the idea of the government selling coal blocks to private parties. <\/span><\/span><\/span>D Ramanandan, President of All India Coal Workers’ federation, told The Times of India that “The protests will not stop till the commercialization of coal blocks is not stopped”.
\nLong story short, the protesters want Coal India in particular and coal production in general to continue to be government owned in every way and keep private companies as far as possible. Nevertheless, the following table makes for a very interesting reading.
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