Singareni Collieries Workers Union Demands Profit Share and Recognition
The Singareni Collieries Workers Union, which is part of AITUC, held a meeting at the RK 7 mine in Srirampur on Tuesday. They are asking for the immediate payment of a 35% profit share to the workers.
Vasireddy Seetharamaiah, the state president of the union, stated that the company should release 35% of its annual profits to the workers right away. He also demanded that the management recognize the union officially by issuing a recognition certificate, which has been delayed for seven months. According to Seetharamaiah, this delay is causing problems for the workers.
Additionally, Seetharamaiah urged the State government to release Rs 2,700 crore in pending dues to Singareni Collieries. He mentioned that the company can only start new mines if the State government releases these pending funds.
The meeting was attended by several key members of the union. These included Mushke Sammaiah, the deputy general secretary, Kotte Kishan Rao, the branch president, and Sampath, the branch organizing secretary. Other attendees were Marepalli Saraiah, the area secretary, Afroz Khan, the contract workers union regional secretary, and Bira Ravinder, the fit secretary. Assistant secretary Akula Laxman, Barikela Pratap, and mining stop leaders like Parupalli Rajender, Chandrashekhar, Rajasekhar, Regula Shankar, Rajkumar, Anwar, Yadagiri, Matturi Vamsikrishna, Thirupathi, and Srinivas were also present.
