CITU, other trade unions ready for 48 hrs bandh

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Rourkela: Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) along with other central trade unions such as INTUC, HMS, AITUC, AIUTUC, BMS, AICCTU and CCUA are fully prepared to observe two-day nation-wide strike from tomorrow in protest against a host of issue including spiraling prices, inflation, petrol and diesel price hike.

Leaders of different trade union appealed to other unions to join the strike for its success in the district, state and the country.

To make the 48-hours strike a success, eleven national trade unions, employees’ and workers’ federations of Bank, insurance, Dock, Port, Airport and other sector, etc., will join the strike, informed Bishnu Mohanty, State General Secretary, CITU adding, after independence this is the first strike call in our country for long forty eight hours.

The trade union leaders charged that Central government has left common people to reel under poverty and hunger shares in profit-making PSUs are being sold. The bandh is meant to protect the interest of four crore small traders in the country and to protest the FDI in retail sector, among other issues, Mohanty said.

In addition these, certain long standing demands of working class on minimum wages, bonus, provident fund, gratuity etc. and against outsourcing, he added.

Mohanty further said decisions were made regarding all efforts will be put to ensure that strike complete successfully. Everything including steel plants will come to a stand-still.

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) executive associations, Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Truck owners associations, bus owners associations, Tipper owners’ associations, auto-rickshaw associations and all market committees have been urged to join the strike.

Educational institutions, banks, vehicles, shops, petrol-pumps, post-offices and all other establishments will remain closed, he said. 

Today in evening, a rally has been organized by CITU which will start from fertilizer area and will pass through all sectors of the Steel city to spread message about the strike and to urge the working class people to join two-day strike for its success.    

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