Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
9 July 2021
Over 150,000 Indian government steel workers hold national strike
Over 150,000 workers at the public sector plants of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) walked out across India on June 30 after negotiations for a pay rise deadlocked. The wage increase has been outstanding since December 2017.
The collective wage and conditions agreement is usually revised every five years by the National Joint Committee for Steel, made up of SAIL management and the five central trade union federations of India.
Workers’ demands included higher wages for permanent and contract workers, increased employer’s contributions to the pension scheme, compensation and employment for family members if a worker dies from COVID-19, the withdrawal of workers’ suspensions in Bhilai and Bokaro steel plants and no privatisation of SAIL and RINL.
TSRTC feels pinch of rising fuel prices, but keeps mum
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Women can hail, board Telangana RTC buses anywhere after 7:30 pm
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Telangana: Fuel Price Hike Hits TSRTC Hard Jul 04, 2021, 15:01 IST
The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), one of the state s largest diesel consumers, has been feeling the pinch of rising diesel prices, but its officials are hesitant to admit that the rising diesel prices, which have reached Rs 97 per litre, have become a burden on the corporation.
When fully operational, the RTC consumes 5.43 lakh litres of high-speed diesel per day, with its 10,460 buses covering an average distance of 5.15 kilometres per litre of fuel.
The RTC, which spent Rs 66.60 per litre of diesel in mid-March 2019, saw only a slight increase in its fuel bill by the end of the year, spending Rs 68.13 per litre of diesel in mid-December. According to official sources, the corporation s fuel bill burden has become quite stark as of Saturday, with diesel priced at Rs 97.20 per litre in Hyderabad.