List of trade unions in the Singareni coal fields
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A list of trade unions active in the Singareni coal fields, in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. Political affiliation of the union within brackets.
  • All India Federation of Trade Unions
    All India Federation of Trade Unions
    All India Federation of Trade Unions, a central trade union federation in India. AIFTU was launched in 1992, as the trade union wing of Communist Party of India Janashakti. Following the breakdown of CPI Janashakti into various splinter-groups and the withdrawal of many of them from open mass...

  • Godavari Loya Boggagani Karmika Sangham, affiliated to Indian Federation of Trade Unions (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
    Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
    Communist Party of India New Democracy is a communist political party in India. The party was founded as a breakaway from the CPI of Chandra Pulla Reddy in 1988...

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  • Godavari Loya Boggu Karmika Union, affiliated to Indian Federation of Trade Unions (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Pratighatana)
  • Singareni Collieries Employees Union, affiliated to Centre of Indian Trade Unions
    Centre of Indian Trade Unions
    Centre of Indian Trade Unions , CITU is a National level Trade Union in India politically attached to the Communist Party of India . The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assembly of workers and classes of India...

     (Communist Party of India (Marxist)
    Communist Party of India (Marxist)
    The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

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  • SCMK Sangh, affiliated to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
    Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
    The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh is the largest central trade union organization in India. It was founded by Dattopantji Thengdi on July 23, 1955, which also happens to the birthday of Bal Gangadhar Tilak....

     (Bharatiya Janata Party
    Bharatiya Janata Party
    The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

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  • Singareni Coalmines Labour Union, affiliated to Indian National Trade Union Congress
    Indian National Trade Union Congress
    Indian National Trade Union Congress is the trade union wing of the Indian National Congress. It was founded May 3, 1947, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, INTUC had a membership of 3892011 in...

     (Indian National Congress
    Indian National Congress
    The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

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  • Singareni Collieries Labour Union, affiliated to Telugu Nadu Trade Union Council (Telugu Desam Party
    Telugu Desam Party
    Telugu Desam Party or TDP is a regional political party in India's Andhra Pradesh state. It was founded by former Telugu film star N. T...

    )
  • Singareni Collieries Mine Workers Union
  • Singareni Collieries Workers Union, affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress
    All India Trade Union Congress
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     (Communist Party of India
    Communist Party of India
    The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

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  • Singareni Ghani Karmika Sangham
  • Singareni Karmika Samakya
    Singareni Karmika Samakya
    The Singareni Karmika Samakya is a militant trade union of coal miners in the Singareni coal fields. Sikasa is allegedly linked to the Communist Party of India . Vishwanath is the secretary of Sikasa....

     (Communist Party of India (Maoist)
    Communist Party of India (Maoist)
    The Communist Party of India is a Maoist political party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through violent means. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the People's War, and the Maoist Communist Centre . The merger was announced to the public on October...

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  • Singareni Workers Union
    Singareni Workers Union
    The Singareni Workers Union is a trade union of workers in the Singareni coal fields in Andhra Pradesh, India. Politically, it is aligned with the UCCRI faction of D.V. Rao. In 1998, it polled 414 votes in the union representative election. By 2001 its support had decreased to 310 votes....

     (Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (D.V. Rao)
    Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (D.V. Rao)
    Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India is a political party in Andhra Pradesh, India. It was formed by D.V. Rao after the 1980 general elections, as a split from the original Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India . D.V. Rao had been the Central Committee Secretary of UCCRI...

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  • SM&EW Union, affiliated to Hind Mazdoor Sabha
  • Telangana Boggu Ghani Karimka Sangham
    Telangana Boggu Ghani Karimka Sangham
    Telangana Boggu Ghani Karimka Sangham, a trade union of coal mine workers in the Singareni coal fields in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. TBGKS is politically close to the party Telangana Rashtra Samithi.The president of TBGKS is Kengarla Mallaiah....

     (Telangana Rashtra Samithi
    Telangana Rashtra Samithi
    Telangana Rashtra Samithi is a regional separatist political party in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Ideology:Telangana Rashtra Samithi's main aim is to separate Telangana region from Andhra Pradesh and to regain regional autonomy as it existed before the formation of Andhra Pradesh...

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Results from the 2004 Singareni Collieries Company Limited union polls:
  • Singareni Coalmines Labour Union: 30 291 votes
  • Singareni Collieries Workers Union: 21 599 votes
  • Singareni Collieries Mine Workers Union: 9 807 votes
  • Singareni Collieries Labour Union: 7609 votes
  • Godavari Loya Boggagani Karmika Sangham: 3179 votes
  • SCEU: 2937 votes
  • SC&EW Union: 1583 votes
  • Others:
  • Total: 76 517 votes


The INTUC-affiliated SCMLU won representation with the corporation. The term is four years.
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