By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/SAMBALPUR/NEW DELHI: With Coal supply continued to hit , Coal India Limited’s subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited headquarters in Odisha’s Sambalpur, has ordered an eight-day wage cut for workers who went on a three-day strike from July 2 to protest against private competition.
MCL notice said “It is noted that the employees of Lakhanpur OCP, Belpahar OCM, Lillari OCP and GM office of Lakhanpur area who have participated in this illegal strike which is violation of rule 26.10 of the certified standing orders of MCL. In view of this misconduct on their part, eight days wage deduction as per Section 20 of the Code on Wages Act 2019, is hereby ordered for their act of participation in the illegal strike.”
The notice also read that the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner in Kolkata was seized of the matter for conciliation under provisions of Industrial Disputes Act 1947.While OCP refers to open cast project, OCM denotes open cast mine.
State-owned Coal India managed to clock an average daily production of 44 per cent and average attendance of nearly 36 per cent during the three-day strike called by worker unions last week. This calculation of average is based on the average of 10 days prior to July 2, the first day of the three-day strike. CIL said “This means, with a little over one-third of the attendance, the company could still produce 58 per cent of Over Burden Removal and coal composite combined.”
Over Burden Removal and coal composite means the volume of coal produced and topsoil excavated combined. Over Burden Removal is an important performance parameter as it exposes the coal seam for future production at short notice. OBR alone at 5.70 million cubic metres during the referred strike days clocked 61 per cent of the average of 10 days.
