Trade unions call for Bharat Bandh on January 8

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ A day after meeting the labour minister, 10 central trade unions on Friday said they will go ahead with their general strike or ‘Bharat Bandh’ on January 8 “to protest against anti-labour policies” of the government.

“The Central Trade Unions conveyed their firm resolve after the meeting called by Union Labour Minister (on Thursday). The general strike on January 8, 2020 stands,” a joint statement issued by the 10 central trade unions said.

At the meeting, the minister told the unions that the government has been taking all steps for the welfare of workers and legislations on Labour Codes are a part of that, the statement said. However, the unions — which included AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF and UTUC — maintained that the Labour Codes are designed to impose slavery on the workers.