Adilabad: The TRS-affiliated recognised employees union at Singareni Collieries has sent tremors of sorts in the ruling party by serving notice for an indefinite strike from September 2 if their 53 demands are not met.
Nizamabad MP K. Kavitha is the acting honorary president of the TBGKS (Telangana Boggugani Karmika Sangham). 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 the colleries have been agitating for a long time demanding that the government to pay the salary for the period of the Sakala Janula Samme in which they participated during the Telangana agitation. They also want jobs for dependents, 25 per cent bonus as a share in the profits in Singareni Collieries Company Limited for 2014-15.
The TBGKS took the nationwide one-day token strike call given by national trade unions for September 2 as the opportunity for its strike notice.
