Assam State power staff back coal workers' strike against commercial mining

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Assam State Electricity Supply Workers' Union (ASESWU) has extended its full support to the ongoing strike in the coal sector from July 2-4.

In a statement issued to the media on Thursday, union general secretary Nayanjyoti Chakraborty said, "We support the strike resorted to by various coal related trade unions against the government for giving 41 coalfields in the country to private companies for commercial mining. We demand the government to stop such privatization."

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