The Indian National Trade Union Congress’s (INTUC) Odisha unit strongly supports the call of a Bharat Bandh onSeptember 2 given by the all central trade unions jointly on a 12-point charter of demand which include a minimum wage of `18,000 in the unorganised sector, protests against mass-scale privatisation of permanent and perennial works, onslaught on basic rights of the workers through the so-called labour law reforms and compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting application and immediate rectification of the IlO conventions C-87 and C-98.
INTUC State president Dr Rama Chandra Khuntia I a Statement on Sunday said, “I on behalf of INTUC, Odisha Branch request all workers of the Central Government, corporations, industrial houses, factories, agriculture and those working in other sectors to join this strike onSeptember 2 and make it a total success.