TIWN March 25, 2022
AGARTALA, March 25 (TIWN): CPI-M and various Left wings continue protests statewide in support of 2 days long strike. A joint forum of central trade unions has given a call for a nationwide strike on March 28 and 29, to protest against government policies affecting workers, farmers, and people. The Joint Platform of central trade unions held a meeting in Delhi on March 22, to take stock of the preparations in various states and sectors for the proposed two-day all India strike on March 28-29 against "the anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people and anti-national policies" of the central government, a statement said. Supporting the strike, CITU held a massive rally in Agartala today.
The statement said that roadways, transport workers and electricity workers have decided to join the strike in spite of the impending threat of ESMA. Financial sectors, including banking and insurance, are joining the strike, it stated. The strike notices have been given by unions in the sectors such as coal, steel, oil, telecom, postal, income tax, copper, banks, insurance among others, it also stated. The unions in railways and defence sector would be making mass mobilization in support of strike at several hundreds of spots, it stated. The meeting took note of the fact that emboldened by the results of the recently-held state elections, the BJP government at centre has intensified the attacks on the working people, reducing the interest rate on EPF accumulations to 8.1 per cent from 8.5 per cent, sudden hike in petrol, LPG, kerosene, CNG etc., taking steps to implement their program of monetization (PSU land bundles) but are held back only because of the worsening condition of inflation and crashing share markets.
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