NLC Workers Progressive Union
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NLC Workers Progressive Union, a trade union
amongst miners employed at the Neyveli Lignite Corporation
, in Tamil Nadu
, India
. NLCWPU is affiliated to the Labour Progressive Federation
. The president of NLCWPU is S. Dhandapani.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
amongst miners employed at the Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is a government-owned lignite mining and power generating company in India. NLC operates the largest open-pit lignite mines in India, presently mining 24 MT of lignite and has an installed capacity of 2490 MW of electricity per year. It also supplies a large...
, in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, 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...
. NLCWPU is affiliated to the Labour Progressive Federation
Labour Progressive Federation
Labour Progressive Federation, trade union federation in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The LPF is politically attached to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. According to provisional statistics from the Ministry of Labour, LPF had a membership of 611,506 in 2002....
. The president of NLCWPU is S. Dhandapani.