Nationwide general strike on February 12 against ‘anti-worker, anti-farmer policies’

Leaders of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), the Agricultural Labour Union and the Rythu Sangham person called for a nationwide onslaught connected February 12 against what they described arsenic the Modi government’s anti-worker and anti-farmer policies.

A round-table gathering of CITU, farmers and cultivation labour organisations was held connected Wednesday (February 4) astatine CITU territory bureau successful Eluru nether the chairmanship of territory president R. Lingaraju. Posters of the onslaught were formally released aft the meeting.

Addressing the gathering, A.P. Agricultural Labour Union authorities vice-president A. Ravi, CITU territory wide caput D.N.V.D. Prasad and A.P. Rythu Sangham territory caput K. Srinivas criticised the Centre for weakening labour laws by introducing the 4 caller labour codes favouring firm interests.

They demanded withdrawal of the caller codes and continuation of existing laws. Concerns were besides raised implicit changes to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, instauration of the VB G Ram G strategy and the summation of states’ fiscal publication from 10% to 40%, which could contradict cultivation labourers guaranteed employment.

They opposed the Central Seed Act, the Electricity Amendment Bill, escaped commercialized agreements with the U.S. and the E.U. and privatisation of nationalist assemblage undertakings, including the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

The gathering resolved to clasp rallies, nationalist meetings and run programmes crossed each mandals, urging workers, farmers, women and employees to participate. Representatives from RTC, municipal workers, transport unions and aesculapian unions besides attended.