The all-India general strike on September 2 for which the Central trade unions and the independent trade unions of Central public sector units have given a call would witness an unprecedented response since the BJP-led NDA government’s plan for privatisation and forceful retirement of workers is being totally opposed, CITU’s all-India secretary Swadesh Devroye said here on Monday.
As part of the mega strategic sale, all the major public sector undertakings are being sold away and the labour laws are being amended to harm the interest of employees forcing those above 50 years of age to prove their probity and efficiency every year, ultimately turning them into bonded labour while disastrous measures are being taken against contract labour by fixing minimum wage at Rs. 10,000 and the provision of treating contract workers on par with regular workers deleted, Mr. Devroye said at a press conference.
The strike would take place as the government’s status paper after the strike notice was given had not seen any improvement from the conditions that have forced the workers and employees to go on a general strike in September 2014, he said. State president of CITU Ch. Narasinga Rao said FDI was allowed in full to help the foreign companies to make huge profits while the county is being mortgaged to foreign banks.
