TRADE UNIONS observe strike on second day
Trade union leaders addressing the protestors at Ludhiana on Thursday. Ludhiana, February 21, 2013: The nationwide strike call given by the 11 Central Trade Unions and various independent federations, unions and associations had an effective...
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Feb 21, 2013 12:30
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Trade union leaders addressing the protestors at Ludhiana on Thursday.
Ludhiana, February 21, 2013: The nationwide strike call given by the 11 Central Trade Unions and various independent federations, unions and associations had an effective participation on the second day today.
The workers affiliated to the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), INTUC, BMS, CTU, TUCC and CITU observed strike today in their respective industries and other institutions and thereafter they gathered at Bus stand from where they marched to the Provident Fund Office in Sham Nagar.
After that workers in Thousands went to the Loco Diesel Shed and jammed the railway track and held a rally.
Today’s protest rally was presided over by Om Parkash Mehta - AITUC, Jatinder Pal Singh of CITU and Swaran Singh of INTUC, Paramjeet Singh of CTU, Nageshwar Singh of BMS, Sham Narain Yadav of TUCC.
Speaking on the occasion, state leaders Raghunath Singh, General Secretary of CITU Punjab, Inderjeet Singh- President CTU Punjab, Paramjeet Singh of CTU, Swaran Singh- President INTUC Punjab, Hari Singh Sahni-TUCC and Com D P Maur member state working committee AITUC.
The speakers said that yesterday’s strike was a complete success and it reflected the growing resentment among the working class against the anti people policies of the government.
Speaking on the occasion, Tarsem Jodhan, D P Maur, Com Ram Lal, Jagdish Chand and Gurjeet Singh Jagpal, Gulzar Singh Gorea opposed FDI in banks, LIC and retail as this will hit the job situation hard for the employees and also the production in the small scale sector.
Among others, Bhagirath Paliwal, Suresh Sood, Gurnam Gill, Laddoo shah, Haniuman Prasad Dubey, Samar Bahadur, Gurnam Sidhu, Kameshwar Yadav, Sarbjit Singh Sarhali, Manjeet Singh Buta, Charan Dass, Amarnath Kumkalan, S K Tiwari and Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Com Naresh Gaur, Dr Arun Mitra and Gurbaksh Rai also spoke.
The protestors included large number of women, construction workers, industrial workers, Public health workers, contractual workers, Corporation workers, roadways and others sections of workers and employees.
