Iron Ore Mines Workers Convention for Strike
ON 2 days country-wide general strike of 20–21 February, a joint convention of the workers of OMDC (Odisha Mineral Development Corporation) and of SAIL (Steel Authority of India) was held at Vikas Mahal at Barbil (Jharkhand) on 12 January. Large number of workers, including working women, attended this convention travelling long distance.
A joint trade union convention of iron ore mines workers of Kiriburu, Megahatuburu, Gua and Bolani was also held at Community Centre at Kiriburu on 13 January attended by local leaders - Ram Bilas Paswan (CITU), Kanhiya Singh (AITUC), Ghanshyam Thakur and Sultan Ahmed (INTUC) and Md. Sahajada (from JMM-affiliate).
Addressing the convention, CITU’s secretary Jiban Roy said that trade union movement should convert to mass movement by integrating local issues. Steel Workers Federation of India (SWFI) leaders - convener of Mines Coordination Committee Indramani Behra, Biswarup Banerjee, Gurupada Banerjee and Dipak Ghosh; and CITU Jharkhand state general secretary D.D. Ramanandan also attended.
The convention expressed concern about state government keeping state PSUs in mining sector closed on false grounds of elephant corridor, forest and environment control etc. to help private mining companies of Jindal, Roongta and others. Conventions also raised issues like early wage settlement by NJCS for permanent and contract workers; new pension scheme etc. for building common platform of movement.(Inputs: Biswarup Banerjee)
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