Expressing severe dissatisfaction on the Union Budget for being 'anti-labour' and not implementing the assurances given to BMS as well as other trade unions, BMS will observe 'Black Day' on February 20.
It also threatened to boycott the Indian Labour Conference (ILC) to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 26 if no positive announcements on workers' issues were made by February 25. BMS cadres will also protest on February 25 and 26.
BMS all-India vice-president and trustee of Central Board of Trustees of EPFO M. Jagadeeswara Rao said the national executive committee meeting in Gujarat recently condemned the Centre for not keeping any of its promises made to BMS delegation on November 17 after its historic Delhi rally. The BMS delegation presented a 12-point charter of demands on 44 industrial and unorganised sectors affiliated to BMS.
