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Trade unions call for shutdown against price rise on September 7 | Trade unions of the country including Congress party-backed INTUC (Indian National Trade Union Congress) will go on a day-long strike against price rise and other policies of the Central Government on September 7. Addressing
a national convention of trade unions here on Thursday, All India Trade Union
Congress (AITUC) General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said this will be the biggest
ever strike of the workers. "All the central and trade unions together, including
the INTUC, are going for a one-day strike primarily against price rise, against
retrenchment, against underpayment, against poverty, against many of economic
policies of the government, and it is going to be the biggest ever held worker's
strike in the country," said Dasgupta. Members and leaders of INTUC, AITUC, Hind
Mazdoor Sabah (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Central Council
of Trade Unions (AICCTU), United Trade Union Congress (UTUC) and Labour Progressive
Front (LPF) participated in the convention. Earlier on June 25, a ministerial
panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, had lifted the pricing controls
on petroleum following which the price of petrol went up by Rs 3.50 a litre. The
Government hiked the prices of diesel by Rs.2 a litre, kerosene by Rs.3 a litre
and cooking gas by Rs.35 per cylinder. |
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