The All India Coal Workers' Federation (AICWF) today called a two-day strike in offices and collieries of Coal India from December 18 to press for immediate fulfilment of its eight-point charter of demands.
General Secretary of the Federation Jibon Roy said as per the decision taken by AICWF at a meeting here during the day, workers would observe a two-day strike on December 18 and 19.
The demands include settlement of NCWA-VIII for a period of five years by January 2009, regularisation of contract workers in permanent jobs, ensuring safety measures to avoid fatal accidents in coal industry and implementation of unimplemented clauses of NCWA-VII.
He said the strike has been called to press the CIL management for immediate fulfilment of these demands.