Workers protest against privatisation of BPCL

November 16, 2020 10:54 pm | Updated 10:55 pm IST - KOCHI

BPCL employees opposing privatisation staging a “nilppu samaram” (protest on foot) at the Kochi Refinery gate on Monday.

BPCL employees opposing privatisation staging a “nilppu samaram” (protest on foot) at the Kochi Refinery gate on Monday.

The combine of Kochi Refineries Workers’ Association and Cochin Refineries’ Employees Association have demanded that the move to privatise Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) should be abandoned.

The employees’ unions demanded that the management of the company should also consider wage and salary hike in keeping with other public sector companies. The employees have launched a protest action raising these demands at the entrance gate of the refinery.

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