Farmers Movement Archive

CPM backs protest against Centre’s anti-labour policies

MYSURU: CPM district secretary K Basavaraju on Monday said that their party will extend support to the nationwide protest organised by the left parties and other central trade unions on November 26. The protest is to oppose the central government’s alleged anti-labour and anti-farm laws as well as privatisation of public sector units. Speaking to reporters, he said workers from all sectors, except those involved in essential services, will take part in the protest. Besides 10 major trade unions, employees’ organisations in banking, insurance, railway and state and central government institutions will also take part in the strike, and so are taxi drivers and workers from the unorganised sector. He requested the owners of private vehicles to keep off the road, except in cases of emergency, in solidarity with the strike. Basavaraju accused Prime Miniseter Narendra Modi of pushing economy backward by hasty decisions of demonetisation and GST introduction against the interest of people. “NDA came to power for the second term by hoodwinking people by raising the issue on Indo-Pakistan tension in the border,” he claimed. He said his party and trade unions raised major demands including withdrawal of anti-farmer and anti-labour bills, crediting Rs 7,500 in the accounts of all non-tax paying families, provision of 10kg foodgrains every month to families in need, expansion of MGNREGS to provide 200 work days per year with increased wages and its implementation in urban areas, end to privatisation in defence, railways, ports, aviation, power, mining and finance sectors, end to forced lay-off of employees in PSUs and provision of pension for workers in the unorganised sector.

The Times of India

2020-11-24

Mysuru