Coal India trade unions hold ‘peaceful’ protest adhering to COVID safety guidelines

Coal IndiaNSE 0.14 % trade unions on Wednesday held a peaceful protest while adhering to coronavirus-related safety guidelines to oppose the government’s “wrong policies”, the Hind Khadan Mazdoor Federation, affiliated to the Hind Mazdoor Sabha, said. “The central trade unions namely Hind Mazdoor Sabha, AITUC, INTUC (held) dharna, procession today,” Nathulal Pandey, president of the Hind Khadan Mazdoor Federation, said.

The trade unions, he said, peacefully lodged their protest awakening the coal workers about the wrong policies of the central government like commercial mining, amendment of labour laws, weakening the rights of workers and separation of consultancy arm the Central Mines Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDIL) from Coal India. Pandey, however, expressed hopes that the government will withdraw all the wrong decisions taken against Coal India as well as workers.