Various trade unions participate in strike against Govt policies

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Various trade unions participate in strike against Govt policies

Thursday, 09 January 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

Various trade unions undertook part in the nation-wide strike held on Wednesday. A number of union members participated in the protest demonstration despite the rain in Dehradun.

State working president of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Samar Bhandari said, “Everyone from the public to the private sector including banks, defence, transport, oil, coal have come together in opposition of the anti-worker policies of the current Government which makes it easy to deduce the damage done by the Government across the country.

Besides, the laws and orders which were approved after considerable struggle in the past for labourers and employees have been shamelessly transformed,”he alleged.

Power engineers association general secretary Mukesh Kumar said that the Government claims that all of its policies and decisions are for the public, but everyone knows privatisation of the PSUs is not for public welfare.

In fact, the whole point of privatising some PSUs is to benefit certain powerful people who in turn help Government during elections, he alleged. He further said, “The strike is just a representation of people’s anger and disappointment withGovernment policies. If the Government ignores our voices, the next time our protest will be more firm and stronger.” Members of the Left parties also participated in the strike and the protest against the Government.

“All these years, the Government has been disappointing the people of working class from all sectors. Moreover, the Government has failed to do anything prolific and functional for the youth.

If truth be told, the Modi Government has made the situation worse. The increasing rate of unemployment and uncontrolled inflation in prices of every item are the best examples of the proper functioning of the Government” said Pranjal Mishra, a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). Apart from trade unions, some college students participated in the strike too. “We are here to show our disappointment towards the Government.  Under the supervision of current ministers, to get an education has been made impossible for economically backward students”, said Abhishek Gusain, a DAV College student.

Giving his own example, he explains, “Our examination fee in the college has hiked almost three-fold from Rs  700. I belong to a lower middle-class family and students like me cannot afford to pay such a hefty amount during every examination session. The Government should at least spare education and poor students.”

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