Singareni Collieries Employees Union Explained

S.C.E.U.
Location Country:India
Affiliation:Centre of Indian Trade Unions
Members:3513 (1984)
Full Name:Singareni Collieries Employees' Union
Founded:July 1978
Key People:Bojja Bixamaiah (President), K. George (Secretary General)

The Singareni Collieries Employees Union is a trade union in the Singareni coal fields in Andhra Pradesh, India. SCEU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.[1]

Formation

SCEU was formed out of a split in the All India Trade Union Congress-affiliated Singareni Collieries Workers Union in 1978. SCEU was founded at a meeting in Kothagudem in July 1978. It was registered on 2 January 1979.[2]

Membership

As of 1984, SCEU had 3,513 members. In the 1980s SCEU was characterized for being well organised and with a high-profile leadership, even though the union is one of the smaller unions in the area.[1]

Officers

As of 2005, Bojja Bixamaiah was the president of SCEU.[3] K. George had previously served as SCEU general secretary.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Ram Reddy, R. Industrial Relations in India: A Study of the Singareni Collieries. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications, 1990. p. 141
  2. Ram Reddy, R. Industrial Relations in India: A Study of the Singareni Collieries. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications, 1990. p. 134
  3. http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2005/04/26/stories/2005042601320700.htm
  4. Web site: Archived copy . www.indialabourarchives.org . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809050731/http://www.indialabourarchives.org/usr/local/gsdl/collect/aituc/archives/HASH944e.dir/doc.xml . 9 August 2011 . dead.