There is a two-day strike across the nation including Uttarakhand on the minimum wages, closure of the new pension policy, amendment to the transport policy, and the demands of workers’ organizations against the demands of workers. In this, more than 50 thousand workers of Bank-Insurance, Group C’s Central employees, hotels and factories etc associated with five workers organizations from Uttarakhand are absent from work. At the same time, city buses, auto-Vikrams, taxi unions have also said to be part of the strike while supporting the strike.
In the meeting of the Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) organized in ISBT campus, the District Convenor said that the nationwide strike of labor organizations has got lot of support in Uttarakhand. He said that while on strike, the workers belonging to different labor organizations will be gathered in the Gandhi Park and then the rally will be held. Likewise, workers associated with central institutions and many other establishments, including bank-insurance, will also agitate at their respective places.