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The Hindu
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Bharat Bandh leaves minimal impact in Coimbatore district
The nationwide general strike called by a forum of 10 central trade unions on Wednesday, opposing 'the anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the Union government', did not affect normalcy in Coimbatore district. While public transport services and private vehicles plied normally across the district, some of the inter-State bus services, especially the ones to Kerala, were affected. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation and SETC buses to Palakkad and other parts of Kerala from Ukkadam bus stand and Thiruvalluvar bus stand did not operate. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation buses also did not operate services to and from Coimbatore. Educational institutions, hotels, shops and other establishments functioned normally. Coimbatore city and district police said that no major disruptions to traffic due to protests and gatherings of trade unions were reported. A joint forum of 11 trade unions staged protests at six locations, namely BSNL office near Collectorate, Periyanaickenpalayam, Mettupalayam, Sulur, Pollachi, and Valparai in the district, drawing participation from over 3,000 workers. The strike was held to press for 17 key demands of the forum of the central trade unions. These included the withdrawal of the four new labour codes, implementation of International Labour Organisation Convention 81 to ensure workplace inspections, and immediate convening of the long-pending Indian Labour Conference. They also urged the government to fill vacancies in public departments and reopen all 23 NTC textile mills, including seven in Tamil Nadu. 'This strike is not just for workers but for the people's welfare,' said S. Krishnamoorthy, district secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. 'Privatisation affects essential services and job security.' He added, 'We want the government to hear the working class before implementing any reforms.'
The Hindu
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hindu
Over 25 crore workers joined the strike, claim trade unions
More than 25 crore workers participated in the nationwide general strike on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) against the policies of the Union government, particularly for scrapping the four Labour Codes, the platform of 10 central trade unions (CTUs) said. The leaders of the unions, addressing a workers' rally in New Delhi, said key sectors such as power, mines, minerals, coal, ports and public transport were affected by the strike. The CTUs said in a statement that there were very large mobilisations in rural India and also at block-sub-division levels by informal sector workers, agricultural labour and farmers and other sections of common people. 'Participation of students and youth was quite visible in many States. The rank and file of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha [SKM] and joint front of agricultural labour unions played a significant role in the mobilisation in rural India,' they added. Bharat Bandh: Follow LIVE udpates on July 9, 2025 Stern warning Senior trade union leader Amarjeet Kaur said the workers gave a stern warning to the Centre that any move to impose the four Labour Codes would be opposed. She said the strike was the beginning of more joint protests with farmers. 'We will soon have a joint meeting with the SKM to chart the future course of the protests,' she said. The CTUs also appreciated Opposition leaders joining their case in election-bound Bihar. 'The move to exclude workers from voter list in Bihar will be objected,' said another trade union leader Rajeev Dimri. Former MP and general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions Tapan Sen said the strike saw widespread participation of workers across numerous sectors such as coal, non-coal minerals (like iron ore, copper, bauxite, aluminium, manganese, and gold) finance sector, petroleum, oil and gas, telecom, textile and jute mills, defence sector and anganwadi workers. 'The markets were closed at many places in response to the strike/bandh call,' the CTUs said. They added that it was a bandh-like situation in States such as Puducherry, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Kerala, West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Goa, Meghalaya, Manipur etc. 'Reports of partial bandhs were also received in many segments of Rajasthan, Haryana, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh etc. There was industrial and sectoral strike held in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Gujarat,' they said. The unions claimed that people expressed themselves against the rising inequalities in the face of unprecedented price rise of essential commodities, rising unemployment and underemployment, leading to desperation, increased suicides of casual labour and the unemployed youth. 'The government has not been conducting Indian Labour Conference for the last 10 years, violating international labour standards and continues to take decisions in contravention of the interests of labour force, including attempts to impose four Labour Codes to favour employers in the name of 'Ease of doing Business',' the CTUs said. The leaders said the general strike was the beginning of the prolonged battle in the days to follow in the sectoral levels focused on determined united resistance, again to culminate into a bigger national-level heightened united action.
India Gazette
3 days ago
- Business
- India Gazette
Bharat Bandh: Public transport, shops shut in Kerala's Ernakulam
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Normal life was hit in Kerala's Ernakulam district on Wednesday with public transport and commercial establishments shut in the nationwide 'Bharat Bandh' by the combine of trade unions. Supporters of the strike blocked Kerala State Road Transport Corporation buses from Ernakulam to Kozhikode. Many travellers were seen waiting at the bus stops, unable to get buses. Left parties' trade unions are staging a 'Bharat Bandh', alleging that the central government is pushing economic reforms that weaken workers' rights. 10 Central trade unions have called the Bandh. Under the 'Bandh', sectors such as state-run public transport, government offices, public sector units, banking and insurance services, postal operations, coal mining and industrial production are likely to be affected. The trade unions have alleged that the central government is implementing reforms that weaken workers' rights. CITU General Secretary Tapan Kumar Sen said, 'On the 17-point charter of the demand, the focus was on the demand to completely scrap the labour ports enacted by the government in 2020, to destroy the country's trade union movement. This will be a very dangerous exercise, and ultimately, the government is aiming to finish the democratic structure. Against that, the trade unions have given a call for a nationwide general strike.' The participating organisations include Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), and the United Trade Union Congress (UTUC). In a joint statement, the union forum criticised the government for not convening the annual labour conference for the past decade. They also resisted the implementation of the four labour codes passed in the parliament, alleging that that the government aims to weaken collective bargaining, crippling union activities and benefiting employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The trade union also criticised the government's economic policies, stating that they have led to unemployment, inflation of essential commodities, a decline in wages, a reduction in social sector expenditure on education, health, and basic civic amenities. 'For the last 10 years, the government has not been holding the Indian Labour Conference and is continuously taking decisions against the interests of workers. The efforts to implement the four labour codes are aimed at weakening collective bargaining, crippling union activities and benefiting employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The economic policies of the government are leading to a rise in unemployment, inflation of essential commodities, a decline in wages, reduction in social sector expenditure on education, health and basic civic amenities. This is increasing inequality and misery for the poor, low-income groups and even the middle class,' the statement said. Through 'Bharat Bandh', the unions are demanding the recruitment on sanctioned posts, an increase in working days and wages of MNREGA. 'We are demanding that the government solve the problem of unemployment, recruit for sanctioned posts, create more jobs, increase the working days and wages of MNREGA and implement a similar law for urban areas. But instead, the government is engaged in imposing the ELI scheme, which benefits only the employers,' the joint statement read. (ANI)
India Gazette
3 days ago
- Politics
- India Gazette
Trade Unions stage Bharat Bandh across country, rail tracks blocked in Jadavpur
Jadavpur (West Bengal) [India], July 9 (ANI): Left parties' trade unions are staging a 'Bharat Bandh' alleging that the central government is pushing economic reforms that weaken workers' rights. 10 Central trade unions have called the Bandh. Defying police presence, members of the Left parties' union entered Jadavpur railway station in West Bengal to block the railway tracks to mark their protest against the central govt's 'pro-corporate' policies. Left parties' unions also took out a foot march in Jadavpur A heavy police force has been deployed near Jadavpur 8B bus stand, and bus drivers were seen wearing helmets for protection as private and state-run buses operate in Jadavpur despite the 'Bharat Bandh'. A bus driver said, 'These people are saying the right thing (referring to the 'Bharat Bandh'), but we have to do our work. We are workers, so we support (the 'Bandh')... We are wearing it (helmet) for protection in case something happens.' Under the 'Bandh', sectors such as state-run public transport, government offices, public sector units, banking and insurance services, postal operations, coal mining and industrial production are likely to be affected. The trade unions have alleged that the central government is implementing reforms that weaken workers' rights. CITU General Secretary Tapan Kumar Sen said, 'On the 17-point charter of the demand, the focus was on the demand to completely scrap the labour ports enacted by the government in 2020, to destroy the country's trade union movement. This will be a very dangerous exercise, and ultimately, the government is aiming to finish the democratic structure. Against that, the trade unions have given a call for a nationwide general strike.' The participating organisations include Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), and the United Trade Union Congress (UTUC). In a joint statement, the union forum criticised the government for not convening the annual labour conference for the past decade. They also resisted the implementation of the four labour codes passed in the parliament, alleging that that the government aim to weaken collective bargaining, crippling union activities and benefiting employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The trade union also criticised the government's economic policies, stating that they have led to unemployment, inflation of essential commodities, a decline in wages, a reduction in social sector expenditure on education, health and basic civic amenities. 'For the last 10 years, the government has not been holding the Indian Labour Conference and is continuously taking decisions against the interests of workers. The efforts to implement the four labour codes are aimed at weakening collective bargaining, crippling union activities and benefiting employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The economic policies of the government are leading to a rise in unemployment, inflation of essential commodities, a decline in wages, reduction in social sector expenditure on education, health and basic civic amenities. This is increasing inequality and misery for the poor, low-income groups and even the middle class,' the statement read. Through 'Bharat Bandh', the unions are demanding the recruitment on sanctioned posts, an increase in working days and wages of MNREGA. 'We are demanding that the government solve the problem of unemployment, recruit for sanctioned posts, create more jobs, increase the working days and wages of MNREGA and implement a similar law for urban areas. But instead, the government is engaged in imposing the ELI scheme, which benefits only the employers,' the joint statement read. (ANI)
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India.com
3 days ago
- Business
- India.com
Bharat Bandh: Ernakulam Shuts Down As Public Transport, Shops Hit By Nationwide Strike
Normal life was hit in Kerala's Ernakulam district on Wednesday with public transport and commercial establishments shut in the nationwide 'Bharat Bandh' by the combine of trade unions. Supporters of the strike blocked Kerala State Road Transport Corporation buses from Ernakulam to Kozhikode. Many travellers were seen waiting at the bus stops, unable to get buses. Left parties' trade unions are staging a 'Bharat Bandh', alleging that the central government is pushing economic reforms that weaken workers' rights. 10 Central trade unions have called the Bandh. Under the 'Bandh', sectors such as state-run public transport, government offices, public sector units, banking and insurance services, postal operations, coal mining and industrial production are likely to be affected. The trade unions have alleged that the central government is implementing reforms that weaken workers' rights. CITU General Secretary Tapan Kumar Sen said, "On the 17-point charter of the demand, the focus was on the demand to completely scrap the labour ports enacted by the government in 2020, to destroy the country's trade union movement. This will be a very dangerous exercise, and ultimately, the government is aiming to finish the democratic structure. Against that, the trade unions have given a call for a nationwide general strike." The participating organisations include Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), and the United Trade Union Congress (UTUC). In a joint statement, the union forum criticised the government for not convening the annual labour conference for the past decade. They also resisted the implementation of the four labour codes passed in the parliament, alleging that that the government aims to weaken collective bargaining, crippling union activities and benefiting employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The trade union also criticised the government's economic policies, stating that they have led to unemployment, inflation of essential commodities, a decline in wages, a reduction in social sector expenditure on education, health, and basic civic amenities. "For the last 10 years, the government has not been holding the Indian Labour Conference and is continuously taking decisions against the interests of workers. The efforts to implement the four labour codes are aimed at weakening collective bargaining, crippling union activities and benefiting employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The economic policies of the government are leading to a rise in unemployment, inflation of essential commodities, a decline in wages, reduction in social sector expenditure on education, health and basic civic amenities. This is increasing inequality and misery for the poor, low-income groups and even the middle class," the statement said. Through 'Bharat Bandh', the unions are demanding the recruitment on sanctioned posts, an increase in working days and wages of MNREGA. "We are demanding that the government solve the problem of unemployment, recruit for sanctioned posts, create more jobs, increase the working days and wages of MNREGA and implement a similar law for urban areas. But instead, the government is engaged in imposing the ELI scheme, which benefits only the employers," the joint statement read.
