Bharat Bandh on 8 January called by Trade Unions

January 07: Ten central trade unions INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and associations on Monday said around 25 crore people will participate in a nationwide strike on 8 January, 2020 to protest against the government’s “anti-people” policies.

The 10 CTUs said in a joint statement said, “We expect participation of not less than 25 crore of working people in the forthcoming National General Strike on January 8, 2020, to be followed by many more actions seeking reversal of the anti-worker, anti-people, anti-national policies of the Government. The Ministry of Labour has failed to assure on any of the demands of workers which called a meeting on 2 January, 2020. The attitude of the government is that of contempt towards labour as we construe from its policies and actions.”

Banking services across the country are also likely to be hit as Central trade unions have called for a strike on 8 January. Several bank unions are also slated to join the all-India general strike which has been called to protest against the Narendra Modi government’s recent banking reforms and labour policies.

About 60 organisations of students and elected office-bearers of some universities have also decided to join the strike with an agenda to raise voice against increased fee structure and commercialization of education