Trade Unions to Protest Against ‘Authoritarian’ Modi Regime
The joint national convention of central trade unions and independent industrial federations – held in Talkatora Stadium in Delhi on August 8 – chalked out a programme of joint campaign against the anti-worker and anti-people policies and the growing authoritarian tendencies of PM Narendra Modi-led BJP government in India.
The national convention unanimously decided to organize a massive three-day ‘padav’ near parliament from November 9-11.
It called upon the working class of the country to prepare itself for country wide indefinite general strike in the future. The ‘padav’ will be preceded by extensive joint campaign through state, district, block, industrial centre, factory level joint conventions.
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A huge participation of workers from all over the country – from far off Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south to the strife-torn state like Jammu and Kashmir in the north – is expected.
Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (Marxist) has extended support to the protest call by trade unions.
Workers to Storm Delhi from Nov 9-11!
CPIM extends solidarity to the Call by Central Trade Unions.https://t.co/ol5FXjC8sr pic.twitter.com/ddn9ZguGdD— CPI (M) (@cpimspeak) October 31, 2017
According to a statement, the participants will come from all sectors (organized and unorganized, public and private) to show the determination of the working class to fight against the attacks on their livelihoods and working conditions by the BJP-led government wedded to the neo-liberal agenda.
The joint convention was organized by all the central trade unions and almost all the independent national federations of different sections of employees, except the BMS which has opted out of joint struggles since the BJP came to power at the centre.
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In addition to INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC and LPF, the independent national federations and unions of employees in the central government, state government, insurance, banks, defence, railways, BSNL, electricity, coal, steel, energy, petroleum, road transport, air transport, water transport, port and dock, mining, IT, PSUs etc. participated in the convention.
The convention strongly condemned the authoritarian measure of the government depriving the INTUC representation in the tripartite and bipartite forums and committees including in the international forums.
It denounced the measure as a heinous onslaught on the rights of the entire trade union movement. It declared that the trade union movement in the country will not take it lying down. It pledged to fight it back with all its might.
The convention was presided over by a presidium comprising Ashok Singh (INTUC), Ramendra Kumar (AITUC), SN Pathak (HMS), Hemalata (CITU), Satyavan Singh (AIUTUC), Lata (SEWA), Uday Bhat (AICCTU) and Satrujit Singh (UTUC) and V Subbaraman (LPF).
