25 crore workers to strike work against labour codes: Trade unions
AITUC general secretary Amarjeet Kaur told this newspaper, 'We expect nearly 25 crore people to take part across sectors and states. Workers from banks, insurance companies, coal and steel industries, farm, beedi manufacting, electricity board, petroleum sectors, and Anganwadi centres are among those participating. Rail Rokos will also be staged across the country.' The protests take place at different across the sectors.
Kaur stated that a list of 17 demands was submitted to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya after he assumed office, but none of them have been met, she alleged. 'The annual labour conference has not been held for last 10 years,' she said.
Criticising the four Labour codes proposed by the government, Kaur described them as 'a negation of the labour rights won after 150 years of struggle with the British Raj. They negate our right to strike, make union registration problematic, derecognition of unions easy, and create a cumbersome adjudication process.'
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