Trade unions call for strike on February 12

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Mahesh Pattar, authorities   secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, briefing property   persons successful  Hubballi connected  February 9.

Mahesh Pattar, authorities secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, briefing property persons successful Hubballi connected February 9. | Photo Credit: Manikanth Gangane

The Joint Committee of Trade Unions and the State-led United Struggle, Karnataka, person called for a nationwide onslaught connected February 12 to request the repeal of the 4 labour codes and withdrawal of respective projected and existing policies affecting workers and farmers.

Addressing property persons successful Hubballi connected February 9, Mahesh Pattar, authorities secretary, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), said the onslaught is being organised jointly by workers and farmers’ organisations. He alleged that the 4 labour codes volition weaken labour protections, restrict the close to strike, dilute societal information measures, and favour firm interests. He besides opposed the projected VB-G RAM G scheme, claiming it volition undermine agrarian employment.

Mr. Pattar criticised some the Union and State government, alleging that the labour codes are being implemented to payment capitalists. He urged the State authorities to retreat the notifications issued to instrumentality the codes and instrumentality a basal akin to that of the Kerala government.

He said workers successful Dharwad territory are conducting consciousness campaigns and volition enactment distant from enactment connected the time of the strike.

In Hubballi, a protestation march volition beryllium taken retired from Sangolli Rayanna Circle to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Circle astatine 11 a.m., followed by a protestation meeting. In Dharwad, a akin procession volition beryllium held from Kala Bhavan to Vivekananda Circle and backmost to Kala Bhavan astatine the aforesaid time.

The request database includes restoration of the MGNREGA scheme, withdrawal of the Electricity Bill and Seed Bill, repeal of amendments affecting land, agriculture, and labour, implementation of revised minimum wages, societal information for unorganised workers, regularisation of declaration employees, and measures to power terms emergence and guarantee minimum enactment prices for cultivation nutrient and others.

Ashok Barki, territory president of Trade Union Coordination Centre, Bhuvana Bellary, territory president of All India United Trade Union Centre, Baseer Mudol, territory main of All India Trade Union Congress, and Chidanand Savadatti of Auto Chalakara Sanga were present.

Published - February 09, 2026 07:20 p.m. IST

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