New Delhi: Trade unions have called for a
nation-wide strike against price rise, privatisation of public sector
undertakings, withdrawal of new pension scheme and a host of other issues on
Tuesday. The all-India strike is being supported by eight major trade unions.
The major demands of the trade unions include
rehabilitation of the workers who lost their jobs due to the economic recession
and for Rs 50,000 crore for an unorganised workers' social security fund. The
government has only allocated Rs 1,000 crore for 40 crore unorganised workers in
the country.
The trade unions which have called the strike
include Congress-affiliated Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC)
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-affiliated Centre of Indian Trade
Unions (CITU), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and the Hind Mazdoor
Sabha (HMS). The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which is close to the
Bharatiya Janata Party has not yet
revealed its position.
Banking operations are expected to be paralysed
across the country with the All-India Bank Employees Association also joining
the strike to protest against the grant of licences to private banks.
Nearly 10 lakh employees from 27 public sector
banks, 18 foreign banks, 26 private banks, 82 regional rural banks and 1,721
cooperative banks will participate in the strike, an All-India Bank Employees
Association (AIBEA) statement issued in Mumbai on Sunday said.
AIBEA has opposed FDI in private sector banks and
demanded the expansion of the public sector banks' network from 40,000 branches
to 1,00,000 across the country.
"Expansion of public sector banks network is
necessary for reaching out to the poorest of the poor for making the financial
inclusion model of the RBI a success," AIBEA Secretary Vishwas Utagi said.
Besides bankers, nearly 44 crore employees,
including those from the organised and unorganised sectors and industries, will
participate in the strike, he said.
Various state governments have instructed police
and civli authorities to be on high alert and take stringent action against
anyone trying to break law and order and public peace during the strike.
Source - IBNLive
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