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Neyveli Lignite unions can’t go on strike: Madras high court

   18 unions last week announced they would go on a strike from 3 July
   against the centre’s move to dilute a 5% stake in the firm
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   First Published: Thu, Jul 04 2013. 01 33 AM IST
   A labour strike at NLC, a mining and power generating company, could
   worsen the severe electricity shortage in Tamil Nadu. Photo: Indranil
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   A labour strike at NLC, a mining and power generating company, could
   worsen the severe electricity shortage in Tamil Nadu. Photo: Indranil
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   Chennai: The Madras high court restrained labour unions of public
   sector company Neyveli Lignite Corp. Ltd (NLC) from striking in an
   interim order on Wednesday.
   Eighteen unions last week announced they would go on strike from the
   night of 3 July to oppose a move by the Union government to dilute a 5%
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   On Wednesday, ahead of the planned labour action, the Madras high court
   ordered an interim stay on the strike planned by the labour unions. The
   bench posted the matter for hearing after two weeks.
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   staging an agitation.
   A labour strike at NLC, a mining and power generating company, could
   worsen the severe electricity shortage in Tamil Nadu. Although the
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   NLC’s general manager (human resources) M. Maheswaran, in his petition
   to the high court against the planned labour strike, said the
   organization was a public utility service and any disruption to its
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   free movement of workers, officers and executives.
   Though the right to strike is a recognized right, it is not a
   fundamental right, and “such right can be exercised only as per the
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   First Published: Thu, Jul 04 2013. 01 33 AM IST
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