Thousands of contract workers of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) on Friday launched an indefinite strike across the 11 coal producing areas of the State-owned SCCL spread in six districts to press for their long-pending demands including hike in wages, job security and all statutory benefits.
Rallies, meetings and protest demonstrations marked the first day of the indefinite strike by the workers owing allegiance to the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the SCCL Contract Workers’ Unions in various parts of the coal belt region.
An overwhelming number of the nearly 24,000 contract workers struck work in various underground coal mines, opencast projects, workshops, exploration wing and several other departments in pursuit of their demands, JAC sources said.
