The Right To Strike

BSNL staff

June 2

Against six-day working week

8,000 BPCL employees

June22

Protest against poor management

AAI Employees

July 2

Against privatisation

Balco unions

July 22

Against privatisation

Dock Labour Board workers, Visakhapatnam

July 25

Protest employment of private labour

3 lakh tea plantation workers in Bengal

August 5

Demanding national policy for tea garden workers

West Bengal Petroleum Dealers’ Association (petrol pumps)

August 10

For lower sales tax and higher commissions

BEST & BMC in Mumbai

August 11

Protesting cut in dearness allowance

Tis Hazari and Patiala House Bar Associations, Delhi

August 11

Against shifting of courts

Central trade unions in Delhi

August 20

Protest interest cut on pension funds, government policies on FDI

All India Motor Transport Congress

August 21

Removal of 10 per cent service tax

United Forum of Bank Unions

August 24

Higher pay

Coal Workers, Ranchi*

September 5

Against shifting of headquarters from Calcutta to Ranchi and on wage settlement

AAI workers*

September 24

Against privatisation