NEW DELHI: Union Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi has said efforts were on to hold talks with Coal India and SCCL workers who are on strike and the government was hopeful that things will normalise by Wednesday.
Coal India (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) workers are on a day-long token strike on Tuesday protesting the Centre’s decision to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the two PSUs through automatic route.
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The strike call has been given by five central trade unions namely INTUC, HMS, AITUC, CITU and AICCTU.