The National Federation of Postal Employees (NFPE), a major constituent of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, observed March 15 as Anti-Privatisation and Anti-Corporatisation Day extending solidarity to the thousands of striking bank employees.
The union organised demonstrations in front of all Post Offices in the State on Monday under the leadership of NFPE State Coordination Committee chairman Bruhaspati Samal.
The Central trade unions and the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers is protesting privatisation, corporatisation and outsourcing of Government establishments and PSUs. The Life Insurance Corporation, the largest organisation in the insurance industry has been specifically earmarked for sale.
As part of the crony capitalism, most of the public enterprises, divested or sold off would be gobbled up by a few big corporate houses of India, a NFPE release stated. “It is in this background while the bank employees are on strike on March 15 and 16, the insurance employees will be on strike on March 17. The LIC will go on strike on March 18,” the release added.