Tag: trade union

Forum, Morcha hold tea meetings

As the cold war between the Joint Forum and the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha trade union, both the groups on Friday held separate gate meetings at different tea gardens as part of protests demanding minimum wages in the tea sector. Though the Morcha trade union, the Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labor Union (DTDPLU) maintains that …

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July 21, 2018

GNLF trade union wants tea workers paid for Hill shutdown period

Himalayan Plantation Workers’ Union (HPWU), the trade union of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) on Tuesday threatened to gherao Lalkothi, the headquarters of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), if their demand for wages for tea workers the period of 104-day shutdown in the Hills last year is not met. The trade union made this …

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April 11, 2018

Coal strike deferred for next three months

The proposed three-day strike by five lakh workers of Coal India and Singareni Collieries, which was to begin from Monday, has been deferred for the next three months, a trade union said on 18 June. The workers had last month threatened to strike work for three days beginning 19 June to protest against the proposed merger …

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June 19, 2017

Shut down SBI branches till cash flow improves, says trade union

State Bank of India (SBI) can shut down its branches till the supply of cash gets normalised and staff are not put to risk to face the ire of banking public, a top union leader said. "We have suggested to the SBI management to down the branch shutters till the supply of cash gets normalised. …

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January 12, 2017

Shut down SBI branches till cash flow improves, says trade union

State Bank of India (SBI) can shut down its branches till the supply of cash gets normalised and staff are not put to risk to face the ire of banking public, a top union leader said. "We have suggested to the SBI management to down the branch shutters till the supply of cash gets normalised. …

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January 12, 2017