Nearly half a million Indian coal workers went on strike from July 2 on to oppose the Indian government's commercial coal auctions and further privatisation of the sector. Not a peep on English TV news, afaik. Looking at some of the headlines: 
Reading stories in business papers that ran wire copy without a single line on workers' demands.
.@CoalIndiaHQ's response to the strike? An 8-day wage cut. #WorkersLivesMatter
.@CoalMinistry unperturbed, says the usual magic words. #singlewindowclearance
energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/coal/onli…
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.@debjoyET: next strike Aug 18.
“We'll ensure no pvt players are allowed entry in any of the blocks on offer. Unions have decided to call strikes on every important date wrt commercial mining as govt didn't accept our demands. Our protests will continue." economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-…
“We'll ensure no pvt players are allowed entry in any of the blocks on offer. Unions have decided to call strikes on every important date wrt commercial mining as govt didn't accept our demands. Our protests will continue." economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-…
RSS-affiliated union- on the fence on previous strikes- didn't sit this one out.
“This strike is to remind them they still have time to change their decision, otherwise we will close down coal mining completely."
Calls for wage hike for contract workers.
theprint.in/india/coal-ind…
“This strike is to remind them they still have time to change their decision, otherwise we will close down coal mining completely."
Calls for wage hike for contract workers.
theprint.in/india/coal-ind…
