Imphal, Feb 16: The Coordinating Body of Trade Unions, Manipur (CBTU) has called a 12-hour bandh from 6 am of February 28 to protest over ‘indifferent attitude’ of the State and Central Governments, to which the conglomerate of Central and State level trade unions and federations blamed for various sufferings of the people.
All the labourers and employees of banks, insurance companies, State and Central Governments offices, airport, transport, railway offices will stay away from their normal works and all the passenger vehicles, rickshaws will remain off the roads, markets will shut down and all the casual, master roll and contract workers including workers at un-organized sector will participate in mass picketing on the strike day, Coordinating Body of trade Unions, a conglomerate body of seven trade unions—AITUC, CITU, UTUC, TUCC, INTUUC, BMS and HMS, informed in a release today.
CBTU has also urged the UPA Government at the Centre and State government to implement various demands like severe punishment for the corrupt people, bring back the black money stashed away in foreign countries, regularize the labourers who are working under the Central -sponsored flagship programme and pay them regular wages and honorarium on the minimum wage rate, remove Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958, complete the ongoing repairing works on National Highways within this year and set up highway protection force, pay unemployment allowance to the unemployed youths of the State and establish industries which can provide jobs, etc.
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