The Agitators
| Date
| Reason
|
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
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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 |
* planned agitations |