Coal unions refuse to meet minister Prahlad Joshi
Workmen unions that served one-day strike notice on September 24, declined to attend a meeting with the coal minister, Prahlad Joshi to discuss their demands of withdrawing 100% foreign direct investment in coal.
“Although the government wanted to discuss our demands on withdrawal of FDI, it has recently notified its decision to liberalise foreign direct investment in coal mining which is against our demands. This prompted us to refrain from attending the meeting scheduled with the coal minister on Thursday,” said D D Ramanandan, general secretary, All India Coal Workers Federation affiliated to CITU.
