TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The two-day nationwide strike by central trade unions to protest against the government policies entered its second day on Tuesday, impacting normal life in some parts of the country. According to reports, public transport and banking services remain partly disrupted for the second day in some states.
“Workers in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh have joined the strike on the second day in addition to the workforce of state on the agitation on Monday. Workers in almost all sectors have joined the strike. We got a good response from the rural band. Over 20 crore participated in the strike on Monday and the number would be more on the second day,” Amarjeet Kaur, General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress, told. A joint forum of central trade unions is protesting against the government policies affecting workers, farmers, and people.
Their demands include scrapping of Labour Codes, no privatisation in any form, scrapping of National Monetisation Pipeline, increased allocation of wages under MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act) and regularisation of contract workers. In a statement, the joint platform has said central trade unions and independent sectoral federations and associations will stage a ‘dharna’ at Jantar Mantar from 11.30 am onwards on the second day of the strike on March 29 for their 12-point charter of demands. The unions of bank employees are participating in the strike.
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