Day 2 of coal strike: Piyush Goyal to meet union leaders

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 14:48

Coal Minister Piyush Goyal will meet trade union leaders to resolve issues concerning five-day strike.

Coal strike enters 2nd day as talks fail; Goyal to meet union today

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 08:54

The strike call has been given by all five leading trade unions of the country, including the BJP-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS).

Left union calls off its Jan 13 Coal India strike

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 18:00

Left backed All India Coal Workers Federation (AICWF) said it has called off its strike on Jan 13 in state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL) citing "unprecedented unity among coal workers" in the five-day strike which began Tuesday.

Coal strike: Piyush Goel to meet coal trade union tomorrow

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 13:38

Coal India, which is the world’s largest dry-fuel miner accounts for 80 per cent of the domestic production.

Five-day coal strike begins; may hit supplies to power plants

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 11:20

Trade unions on Tuesday began a five-day coal industry strike, terming it as the biggest industrial action for any sector since 1977.

Coca-Cola Co to cut up to 2,000 jobs in coming weeks: Reports

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 09:09

Coca-Cola Co plans to cut 1,000-2,000 jobs globally in the coming weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Foxconn Chennai plant suspends ops from Monday: Workers union

Last Updated: Monday, December 22, 2014, 19:55

Ahead of a proposed suspension of production from Foxconn's plant here from December 24, employees union Monday said they were not allowed to enter the facility as the company has declared holiday till Tuesday.

Coal workers threaten 5-day strike from Jan 6

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 20:46

Employee unions of state-owned CIL and SCCL Wednesday threatened to go on a five-day strike beginning January 6 to press for demands including roll-back of the "process of denationalisation of coal sector" and stopping "disinvestment and restructuring" of Coal India.

GSK confirms hundreds of US job cuts as market gets tougher

Last Updated: Thursday, December 4, 2014, 08:53

Many of the jobs lost will be from GSK`s Research Triangle Park site in North Carolina as drug research is consolidated in Philadelphia and in Stevenage, near London.

JLR concludes pay and pensions deal with workers union

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 10:56

According to Unite, the UK's largest trade union, 96 percent of JLR workers across the company's five plants had rejected the pay deal.

Sex workers` body to set up RTI centres in four metros

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 00:47

The All India Network of Sex Workers will set up RTI centres in the four metros - Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai - to enable community members get information from government officers in their fight to get their rightful place in society.

Retail inflation for industrial workers eases to 9.13% in Dec

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 21:56

Retail inflation for industrial workers eased to 9.13 percent in December compared to 11.47 percent in November and 11.17 in the same month in 2012 on account of softening of prices of foods items.