Trade union leaders on Wednesday reiterated going ahead with their general strike on Friday accusing the Centre of “eye-wash” offers and announcements. They said over 15 crore workers are likely to participate in the strike. RSS-affiliated BMS is the only major trade union which has opted out of the strike.
“Some leaders of BMS have decided not to go on strike. But its State units would participate in the strike. Workers will give a befitting reply to the dubious activities inspired by the Government,” CITU General Secretary Tapen Sen said here in a joint press conference by 10 trade unions here.
Central Trade Unions reiterate the call for countrywide general strike on September 2 against the “anti-worker and anti-people policies” of the government and in view of its “utterly unresponsive and undemocratic attitude”, Sen added.
AITUC Secretary Amarjeet Kaur said the unions view the announcements made by Ministers’ panel, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, as eyewash. INTUC Vice President Ashok Singh said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his fight is with poverty, but it seems his fight is with the poor in this country. The Government’s decisions are totally pro-capitalist.”