Centre says several unions backed off from strike; Unions refute claim, say Centre's trying to intimidate workers
The CTUs are going on the strike over a 17-point demand charter, including scrapping of the four Labour Codes.
A Ministry source said 213 unions, such as the Powergrid Employees Union of Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Bharat Electronics Limited Employees Union of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and the Hindustan Shipyard Limited Workers and Staff Union of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) have informed the Ministry that they will not participate in the strike.
The Ministry maintains that it is ready to hold discussions with the trade unions, while CTUs say all tripartite mechanisms such as the Indian Labour Conference have been undermined by the incumbent government.
Meanwhile, BMS general secretary Ravindra Himte said in a statement that the union will not support the strike. Mr. Himte said some trade unions are fighting a political battle in the name of workers.
AITUC general secretary Amarjeet Kaur said the Centre has claimed that unions in the defence sector were not going on the strike. 'They are having a one-hour protest as decided earlier,' she said. She added that managements are putting pressure everywhere, but the strike will take place.
'The government is grappling with this issue. They want to tell media that nothing is happening. Railways unions had not given strike notices. They will only mobilise their members. Several cement factory unions are going on strike, except one or two. Strike will be near total in banks and insurance sectors. Even those who did not give strike notice will not do work in solidarity. The sectors mentioned in government's list do not include unions from huge industrial areas where the impact of strike will be visible. Vast majority of workforce in the informal economy will also be in action,' Ms. Kaur said.
Ms. Kaur said there are more than 16,000 unions as per the government's own records and the list of 213 unions contains only government and public sector/service unions and some are with miniscule membership.
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