The TRS affiliated recognized trade union at
Singareni Boggugani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS), has sent tremors of sorts in the ruling
TRS party by serving the strike notice for an indefinite strike from September2
if their 53 demands are not met.
Nizamabad MP K.Kavitha is the acting honorary
president of the TBGKS. The move is perceived as revolt of kind against the
party and top leadership. It is learnt that the strike notice was served
without her knowledge. The strike notice is being seen as a revolt of sorts
against the party.
Various trade unions at Singareni have been
agitating for long time demanding that state government to pay the salary for
the period of Sakala Janula Samme in which they participated during the
Telangana agitation. They also want jobs for dependents, 25 percent bonus as a share
in the profits in SCCL for the 2014-15.
TBGKS took the nationwide one –day token strike call
given by the national trade unions for September 2 as the opportunity for its
strike notice.
The national unions gave call for nationwide strike in protest
against the central government’s industrial policies and efforts to amend 47
Acts against the workers, employees and farmers’ welfare on September2. TBGKS
is supporting the national wide strike.
It all started with the TRS party high command’s
decision to merge both the Singareni Collieries Labors Union and TBGKS and form
a new trade union and to appoint B. Venkat Rao as the president of the new
union if Venkatrao join the party.
Congress party MLC B.Venkat Rao is acting as working
president of Singareni Collieries Labors Union and Sanjeev Reddy is president
of this union affiliated to the INTUC.
Both the groups in TBGKS led by former president
Kengarla Mallaiah and Miryala Rajireddy were strongly opposing the merger
proposals and handing over the leadership to Venkatrao.
The TBGKS leaders say that Venkatrao was an outsider
and how he will be made leader of the new union after the merger of two unions
against the wishes of the TBGKS leaders and its members.
A senior leader of TBGKS, said they built the TBGKS
with brick by brick facing many hardships during the Telangana agitation and the
union has emerged as recognized trade union over a period of time and added
that Venkat Rao was nothing to do with the TBGKS and its growth.
Only 11 months period has left for the recognized trade union TBGKS and Venkatrao is reportedly trying to grab the opportunity to lead the organization for this period. TBGKS is called for general body meeting in Kothagudem in Khammam on August16 to decide future course of action.
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