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Hindustan Times
08-07-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
BMS not to participate in General Strike on Wednesday
New Delhi, RSS-aligned Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh on Tuesday said it will not participate in the nationwide general strike called on July 9 by a forum of 10 central trade unions and their associate federations. BMS not to participate in General Strike on Wednesday According to a statement, the BMS has stated that certain trade unions have decided to go on strike on Wednesday to protest against the government's plan to implement labour codes and it is not participating in this agitation. The BMS has stated that the government has given heed to its suggestion to make changes in labour codes and also ready for more such corrective steps in the interest of workers. The BMS also stated that the protest is politically motivated. The forum of trade unions has given a call for general strike on Wednesday to press for their 17-point charter of demand, including labour codes. Their demands include withdrawal of fixed term employment and scrapping of Agnipath scheme, 8-hour workday, restoration of non-contributory Old Pension Scheme and a minimum monthly penion of ₹9,000 for the EPFO subscribers, among others. They also demand to implement the recommendation of Indian Labour Conference to give worker status to scheme workers-Anganwadi, Asha and Midday meal, Asha Kiran etc and ESIC coverage to them. The charter also suggests that here is an urgent need to form a Climate Resilience Fund to cover the risks and damages caused due to extreme climate conditions including heat wave, floods, cyclones, unseasonal rains and so on. The charter of demand also urged for hosting an Indian Labour Conference . The tripartite body last met in 2015. Besides, unions have demanded for immediate halt to the privatisation of Indian Railways, road transport, coal mines and other non-coal mines, Port and Dock, Defence, Electricity, Postal, Telecom, Banks and Insurance sector etc. They also demanded a rollback of the corporatisation of ordnance factories and a monthly minimum wage of ₹26000 with price indexation every five years. The forum had last year submitted a charter of 17-point demand to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandavia, the workers' union forum has said in its latest statement. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha and joint front of the agricultural workers unions have extended support to this strike action and decided to make massive mobilsations in rural India. Trade unions had earlier observed similar nationwide strikes on November 26, 2020, on March 28-29, 2022, and on February 16 last year. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Mint
08-07-2025
- Business
- Mint
Bharat Bandh on 9 July 2025: Over 25 crore workers to go on strike — Are banks, schools, colleges open tomorrow?
Bharat Bandh on July 9: Over 25 crore workers including those employed with public services sectors like banking, insurance, postal and construction are set to go on a nationwide strike on Wednesday. The Bharat Bandh tomorrow may potentially disrupt services across the country, as many workers from several unions will be protesting the 'anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the government'. A forum of 10 central trade unions and their associates has called for a general strike or 'Bharat Bandh' on July 9. The forum in a statement has urged workers to make 'the nationwide general strike a grand success'. It has also said that preparations by unions in all sectors of formal and informal/unorganised economy are underway. 'More than 25 crore workers are expected to take part in the strike. Farmers and rural workers will also join the protest across the country,' Amarjeet Kaur from All India Trade Union Congress was quoted as saying by PTI. The forum had last year submitted a charter of 17-point demand to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandavia, the workers' union forum said in its latest statement. In its statement, the forum of unions has alleged that the government has not been conducting the annual labour conference for the last 10 years and continues to take decisions in contravention to the interest of labour force, attempting to impose four labour codes to weaken collective bargaining, to cripple unions' activities and to favour employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The government has abandoned the welfare state status of the country and is working in the interest of foreign and Indian corporates, and it is so evident from its policies being pursued vigorously, the forum said. Trade unions have been fighting against "privatisation of public sector enterprises and public services, policies of outsourcing, contractorisation and casualisation of workforce", it said. Banking, postal, coal mining, factories, state transport services will be affected due to the strike, Harbhajan Singh Sidhu from Hind Mazdoor Sabha was quoted as saying by PTI. Moreover, an association of bank employees on Monday said the banking sector will join the Bharat Bandh tomorrow. Bengal Provincial Bank Employees Association, affiliated to the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) further said that the insurance sector will also join the strike. Electricity supply in the country may get affected on July 9 as over 27 lakh power workers will go on the Bharat Bandh tomorrow. While no official bank holiday has been announced by banks and other government offices on July 9, services are expected to be disrupted.
Mint
08-07-2025
- Business
- Mint
Bharat Bandh on 9 July 2025: Over 25 workers to go on strike — Are banks, schools, colleges open tomorrow?
Bharat Bandh on July 9: Over 25 crore workers including those employed with public services sectors like banking, insurance, postal and construction are set to go on a nationwide strike on Wednesday. The Bharat Bandh tomorrow may potentially disrupt services across the country, as many workers from several unions will be protesting the 'anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the government'. A forum of 10 central trade unions and their associates has called for a general strike or 'Bharat Bandh' on July 9. The forum in a statement has urged workers to make 'the nationwide general strike a grand success'. It has also said that preparations by unions in all sectors of formal and informal/unorganised economy are underway. 'More than 25 crore workers are expected to take part in the strike. Farmers and rural workers will also join the protest across the country,' Amarjeet Kaur from All India Trade Union Congress was quoted as saying by PTI. The forum had last year submitted a charter of 17-point demand to Labour Minister Mansukh Mandavia, the workers' union forum said in its latest statement. In its statement, the forum of unions has alleged that the government has not been conducting the annual labour conference for the last 10 years and continues to take decisions in contravention to the interest of labour force, attempting to impose four labour codes to weaken collective bargaining, to cripple unions' activities and to favour employers in the name of 'ease of doing business'. The government has abandoned the welfare state status of the country and is working in the interest of foreign and Indian corporates, and it is so evident from its policies being pursued vigorously, the forum said. Trade unions have been fighting against "privatisation of public sector enterprises and public services, policies of outsourcing, contractorisation and casualisation of workforce", it said. Banking, postal, coal mining, factories, state transport services will be affected due to the strike, Harbhajan Singh Sidhu from Hind Mazdoor Sabha was quoted as saying by PTI. Moreover, an association of bank employees on Monday said the banking sector will join the Bharat Bandh tomorrow. Bengal Provincial Bank Employees Association, affiliated to the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) further said that the insurance sector will also join the strike. Electricity supply in the country may get affected on July 9 as over 27 lakh power workers will go on the Bharat Bandh tomorrow. While no official bank holiday has been announced by banks and other government offices on July 9, services are expected to be disrupted. States have not yet issued any holiday notification for schools and colleges due to the Bharat Bandh tomorrow and they are expected to remain open.
