Digboi, Sept. 4 -- What is usually a day of celebration at the Digboi Refinery turned into a display of discontent, as workers and union representatives staged a protest against the Assam Oil Division (AOD) management's "anti-labour policies."

On Tuesday, members and office bearers of the contractual labour unions, alongside employees of IOC (AOD) and the Assam Oil Company Labour Union (AOCLU), gathered outside the refinery's main administrative office.

Instead of the traditional indoor festivities, the protesting employees cut a cake on the road to symbolically mark Indian Oil Day observed as usually on September 1 every year.

According to long-standing tradition, the day has been celebrated with enthusiasm, with employees receiving s...