Madras HC Restrains BPCL Employees in Tamil Nadu from Going on Strike

Raising objections to the move, over 20 different employees unions of BPCL called for a nationwide strike.

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Raising objections to the move, over 20 different employees unions of BPCL called for a nationwide strike.

madras hc restrains bpcl employees in tamil nadu from going on strike

Representative image of a Bharat Petroleum oil pump station. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

Chennai: The Madras high court on Monday restrained employees of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in Tamil Nadu from going on a strike on November 28-29 to protest against the Centre's decision to privatise the corporation.

Passing interim orders on a petition from BPCL Managing Director M.V. Shenoy seeking to declare the strike call as illegal, justice S.M. Subramaniam also directed the police to provide security to the premises of the public sector company in the state as prayed.

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The Union cabinet had on November 20 gave its nod to the plan to sell governments 53 per cent stake in BPCL saying the resources unlocked by disinvestment would be used to fund public welfare benefits.

Raising objections to the move, over 20 different employees unions of BPCL called for a nationwide strike.

Following this, BPCL management filed the petitions saying employees unions of such public-sector companies must give at least six-day notice to the management before resorting to a strike as per the Industrial Disputes Act.

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