State-run miner Coal India (CIL) on Wednesday said central trade unions, including the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), have called for a three-day strike from October 5 over issues pertaining to wage payment.
“CIL is in receipt of a joint strike notice from central trade unions —BMS/INTUC/HMS/AITUC/CITU for observing three-day strike from October 5 to 7 in Coal lndia Limited & its subsidiaries,” the company said in a stock exchange filing.
According to trade union leaders, the workers affiliated with national trade unions have been forced to threaten a strike due to a wage dispute. The workers would neither produce coal nor allow its dispatch for three days, they stated.
