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New Indian Express
22-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Andhra Pradesh electricity workers demand pay hike
VIJAYAWADA: Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary K Ramakrishna on Monday warned the State government that the Left parties would hold it accountable until justice is delivered for electricity workers across Andhra Pradesh. Thousands of workers, under the banner of AITUC-affiliated unions, including the AP Electricity Staff and Workers Union, Gram and Ward Secretariat Employees Union, Electricity Contract Workers Union, and Meter Reader Association, took part in a massive 'Chalo Vijayawada' rally. The procession began at the railway station and culminated in a public meeting at Dharna Chowk. Workers demanded a resolution to long-pending issues, including salary hikes, health insurance, promotions, and job security. Ramakrishna urged the government to adopt Telangana's direct salary disbursal model to ensure timely payments. He emphasised that these workers, despite their low wages, are responsible for ensuring uninterrupted electricity across the State, often at great personal risk. 'If they stop work, even government offices will go dark,' he warned. Ramakrishna called for job security for energy assistants, linemen, and other staff, along with union recognition and the conduct of elections.
The Hindu
09-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Nationwide general strike: Coal mining operations hit in SCCL mines; TGSRTC bus services disrupted in Khammam district
Amplifying the voice of the working class, an overwhelming number of coal workers of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Telangana stopped work during the one-day nationwide general strike called by ten Central trade unions to protest the Centre's 'anti-labour' policies on Wednesday. About 85% of the total men on rolls during the first shift abstained from work impacting coal production in the SCCL's coal mines across 11 Areas spanning six districts in Telangana's coal belt, sources said. Coal output dropped significantly during the first and second shifts even as the JAC of Singareni trade unions claimed the strike as a resounding success. Workers owing allegiance to the JAC of Singareni trade unions, barring the BMS-affiliated Singareni Coal Mines Karmika Sangh, observed the day-long strike. Formation of human chains, dharnas and rallies marked the protest programmes organized by the JAC of trade unions in Godavarikhani, Mandamarri, Kothagudem and elsewhere in the coal belt. Members of the AITUC-affiliated Singareni Collieries Workers' Union, which is the SCCL's recognized union, the INTUC, the CITU-affiliated Singareni Collieries Employees' Union, Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) and various other unions took part in different protest programmes. In Khammam district, TGSRTC bus services were crippled by the day-long nationwide strike. Members of the trade unions affiliated to Left parties took out a massive rally in Khammam during the general strike. The demonstrators raised slogans demanding the repeal of the Centre's four labour codes terming them as most detrimental to the interests of the working class. They vowed to defend the hard-won labour rights. CPI (M) Central Committee member Tammineni Veerabhadram, CPI State secretariat member B Hemanth Rao and others led the rally. A tractor rally was organised by the CPI-affiliated Telangana Rythu Sangham in Khammam in support of the general strike. The strike evoked mixed response in the erstwhile Karimnagar and Adilabad districts.
The Hindu
09-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Nationwide strike hits coal mining operations in SCCL; demonstrators demand repeal of Centre's four labour codes
Coal mining operations were hit in the coal mines of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) across its 11 areas spanning six districts in Telangana, as the pan-India general strike began on Wednesday morning (July 9, 2025). Ten Central trade unions called for the strike to protest the Centre's 'anti-labour' policies. Workers owing allegiance to the JAC of Singareni trade unions, barring the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) affiliated Singareni Coal Mines Karmika Sangh, struck work in the SCCL's coal mines in the first shift in response to the nationwide strike, according to the trade unions' JAC sources. Formation of human chains, dharnas and rallies marked the protest programmes organized by the JAC of trade unions in Godavarikhani, Mandamarri, Kothagudem and other coals towns in Telangana's coal belt. Members of the AITUC-affiliated Singareni Collieries Workers' Union, which is the SCCL's recognized union, the CITU-affiliated Singareni Collieries Employees' Union, Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) and various other unions formed a human chain in the coal hub of Godavarikhani in Peddapalli district. The demonstrators raised slogans demanding the repeal of the Centre's four labour codes terming them as most detrimental to the interests of the working class. They vowed to defend the hard-won labour rights. The one-day strike is expected to cause a revenue loss of around ₹76 crore to the coal mining company, SCCL sources said citing the appeal made by the company management to the workers to desist from the general strike as it would adversely impact coal production and dispatches. Meanwhile, the activists of the CPI (M) and its frontal organisations staged a demonstration in front of the bus depot in Bhadrachalam of Bhadradri Kothagudem district in support of the general strike. The demonstrators blocked the movement of buses for some time in the morning as a mark of protest against what they called the Centre's 'anti-labour' policies.
