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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.