A massive escalation of privatisation has been announced through the budget speech presented by the Finance Minister on 1 Feb, 2021. So far, the Central Government was carrying out sector by sector, or even department by department privatisation, as in the case of railways. It has now announced the plan to privatise the vast majority of public enterprises as rapidly as possible.
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Privatisation of Petroleum Refineries is Anti-People and Anti-National
In pursuit of the imperialist aims of Indian monopoly capitalists, the Central Government is throwing all caution to the winds. While proclaiming self-reliance as a guiding principle, it is moving in the opposite direction of increasing reliance on the US and its allies. It is acting against the well-being of the people. Workers of BPCL will go on a five-day strike from 2nd to 6th November, demanding an immediate halt to the plan to privatise BPCL.
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BPCL workers step up agitation against privatisation and for wage settlement
After a successful All India Strike on 7th and 8th of September 2020, workers of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have decided to step up their agitation against privatisation of the company.
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Over 32,000 workers of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will be on a two day All India strike on 7 and 8 September to oppose its privatisation. They include over 12,000 regular workers, and 20,000 contract workers. The strike call has been given by the All India Coordination Committee of
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Convention of petroleum workers in Kochi: Petroleum workers oppose privatisation of BPCL
On 9th of February, around a hundred delegates from all over India representing the three Petroleum and Gas Workers Federations assembled at Kochi for a delegates’ conference. This Conference was the fourth conference in a row to oppose privatisation of BPCL after the earlier conferences in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata.
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Against privatisation of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
Petroleum workers take out a long march in Mumbai
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Interview with Comrade Subhash Marathe, General Secretary of BPCL Credit Society, Mumbai
We firmly oppose privatisation of Bharat Petroleum
Mazdoor Ekta Lehar (MEL) : Can you tell us about the National Convention of Oil & Petroleum Workers that was organised in Mumbai on the 26th of October 2019?
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