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Hundreds of workers associated with the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) and different commercialized organisations successful Maharashtra joined the nationwide strike, staging a protestation connected Thursday (February 12, 2026) against the implementation of 4 labour codes successful the country.
The protesting unions claimed that the cardinal government-implemented 4 labour codes lacked clarity connected guaranteed benefits for unorganised and gig workers, portion the Occupational Safety Code allegedly relaxed compliance requirements and inspections. “The 29 existing labour laws trim the protections hard-won implicit decades,” the unions highlighted during the protestation successful Mumbai.
“Four labour codes are designed to weaken and destruct the commercialized unions. Cancellation of TU registration is made easy. Permanent employment volition beryllium replaced by fixed-term employment with prosecute and fire. Closures of factories are made easy. Organising a ineligible onslaught is made difficult, and the authorities volition enactment you successful jailhouse for an amerciable strike. Provident Fund publication is reduced, and moving hours tin beryllium accrued to 12 hours per day,” said Shailendra Chauhan, General Secretary of Mumbai, CITU.
A deserted presumption of a slope during the nationwide onslaught to protestation against the assorted cardinal authorities policies, successful Mumbai connected Thursday, February 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI
At slightest 22 workers’ organisation, including Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), CITU, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (Farmer organization),Bombay University and College Teachers’ Union (BUCTU), and National Rail Major union under the enactment of the Joint Action Committee of workers’ and employees’ organisations decided to motorboat the protestation against the Central government’s labour codes concerning workers and farmers. CITU, AITUC, and RWPI agitated successful beforehand of the Maharashtra Construction Workers Welfare Board successful Mumbai’s Bandra-Kurla Complex area.
RWPI activistic Baban Thoke said, “One of the 4 labour codes, Industrial Relations Code, makes it easier for companies with up to 300 workers to laic disconnected unit without anterior authorities approval, weakens the close to onslaught by imposing stricter announcement conditions, which I fearfulness volition trim occupation information and sap the commercialized unions.”
Maharashtra Congress besides extended its enactment to the Bharat Bandh. State Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal called the authorities policies anti-worker and anti-farmer and instructed enactment office-bearers to articulation the protest.
Shiv Sena MLC Sachin Ahir besides joined the protestation and called the 4 labour codification arsenic “hire and occurrence policy”. Mr. Ahir said that the authorities is forcefully imposing the policies connected the workers and gathering a communicative that they person fixed a acquisition to the working-class people. “The 29 laws were earned aft putting sweat and humor into it; present they are trying to shrink it, which is unacceptable,” said Mr. Ahir, asking wherefore the authorities has not invited the dignitaries of 22 organisations for treatment and perceive their contentions.
CITU demanded prevention of exploitation by developers, builders and different contractors, enactment of a committee with police, labour representatives, municipal corporation, police, etc. Their demands besides included wellness check-ups, starting of pension for workers supra the property of 65, scrapping the mid-day repast strategy and outgo of ₹2000 per period to the workers’ account. They added that enactment should beryllium fixed astatine the operation sites nether the MMRDA, Metro, railways, authorities and cardinal government’s ongoing projects, and others.
