Indian National Mineworkers' Federation
The Indian National Mineworkers' Federation (INMF) is a trade union representing miners in India.
History
[edit]The union was founded in 1949 on the initiative of the Indian National Trade Union Congress, bringing together numerous regional unions of miners.[1] It grew steadily, having 150,000 members by 1960,[2] and 351,000 by 1997, at which time the federation had 139 affiliated unions.[3]
By 2017, the union represented 40% of the workers for Coal India.[4]
Leadership
[edit]General Secretaries
[edit]- c.1960: Kanti Mehta
- 1980s: Sudhendu Das Gupta
- c.1990: Bindeshwari Dubey
- c.2000: S. Q. Zama
- Lalan Choubey
Presidents
[edit]- 1952: Michael John
- 1970s: Kanti Mehta
- 1980s: Bindeshwari Dubey
- 1990s: Sudhendu Das Gupta
- c.2000: [Chandra Shekhar Dubey] Ex MP
References
[edit]- ^ Indian Labour Journal. 15 (1–6): 384. 1974.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Goldberg, Arthur (1960). Directory of International Trade Union Organizations. Washington DC: United States Department of Labour. pp. 10.1–10.16.
- ^ The Far East and Australasia. Europa Publications. 1998. p. 382. ISBN 1857430387.
- ^ Rakshit, Avishek (17 June 2017). "Coal India's trade unions in pursuit of global exposure". Business Standard. Retrieved 21 October 2019.