Coal mining major CIL said that the impact of the day-long strike call by 4 major trade unions on November 24th will not be "alarming".
Mr R Mohan Das director of CIL said that "We will try that the strike does not takes place and will initiate a dialogue shortly. We think the impact will not be alarming. Mining through contractors will remain normal."
The CIL management was banking on the possibility that Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh backed by the BJP would boycott the strike and its supporters might join work.
CIL sources said that BMS has influence in South Eastern Coalfields, Western Coalfields and partially in the Central Coalfields.
4 other trade unions affiliated to INTUC, HMS, CITU and AITUC had served a notice for one-day token strike on November 24th, demanding scraping of the enabling clause from the Coal Mines Ordinance-2014, which allows commercial mining by private companies and divestment of at least 10% stake in public sector miner among others.
However, other trade unions remained optimistic that despite BMS not being a signatory to the notice, they would support the strike call.
CIL, which employs around 3.5 lakh people and accounts for 80% of domestic coal production, had experienced labour trouble on several occasions, hindering its productivity. The company was unable to meet its production target in the last few years.
Source – PTI
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