The Coal India Limited (CIL) notified formation of the JBCCI-XI without INTUC representatives in the committee.
Out of the five central trade unions operating in the coal industry four have got 14 main and equal number of alternate members in the committee besides 14 official members drawn from different coal companies including one private coal company.
All four seats of the INTUC have remained vacant owing to the ongoing court case among the three warring factions of the INTUC that claim to be the real INTUC.
The case has been pending in court for the last several years.
The four central trade union that have called for holding the National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA) include the BMS, HMS, AITUC and CITU according to the notification issued by director personnel and industrial relations of CIL who happens to be the member secretary of the JBCCI-XI.
The chairman CIL happens to be the ex-officio chairman of the committee.
Talking to Pioneer Lakhan Lal Mahto who is alternate member on behalf of his trade union AICTU said that in the newly constituted committee mines welfare would
be prime agenda amidst new labour policy and government of privatisation of coal industry of our trade union.
