RSS affiliated requires week-long agitation towards ‘anti-labour’ insurance policies of Centre, states

RSS-affiliated commerce union Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) will observe every week insurance lengthy nationwide protest “Sarkar Jagao Saptah” from July 24 on issues of the workforce on the nationwide, state, and native ranges. Sector-wise demonstrations will likely be held at state capitals, district headquarters, tahsil/ block facilities and likewise in all huge industrial estates, knowledgeable BMS normal secretary Virjesh Upadhyay.

The organisation has recognized 5 key points – issues of unorganised sector employees significantly migrant employees, non-payment of wages, job losses, suspension of labour legal guidelines and rising working hours in lots of states, and unbridled privatisation by promoting PSUs; and likewise by corporatisation of defence and railway manufacturing models.

“Every industry-level federation and state models will spotlight the issues associated to their respective fields. As part of “Sarkar Jagao Saptah”, BMS activists will contact grassroots degree employees/staff of every sector and educate them concerning the central in addition to state governments’ newest insurance policies and their extreme impression on labour. It should additionally expose the anti-workers ordinances introduced by four state governments and rising of working hours from eight to 12 hours by 12 state governments,” Upadhyay stated.

The choice was taken on the digital assembly of nationwide workplace bearers of BMS held on July 7, 2020 held to evaluate the impression the three days coal strike referred to as by the organisation had on the sector. Stating that the strike had affected 95 per cent actions within the coal sector BMS stated the success of coal strike may have an impressive impression on your entire public sector and authorities sector staff.

The schedule of demonstration is as follows:

July 24- ASHA, Anganwadi, noon meal employees, NHM Staff, 108 ambulance employees, and many others.

July 25- Energy sector and transport sector [private and public transport]

July 26- Personal sector [cement, engineering, jute, textiles, sugar, distilleries, pharmaceuticals, medical representatives and industrial estates]

July 27- Authorities sector [railways, postal, defence, central government establishments, local bodies, state government employees]

July 28- Monetary sector [banking and insurance employees]

July 29- Unorganised sector [beedi, plantations, forest workers, fish workers, loading and unloading workers, construction workers, tailoring workers, domestic workers street vendors, agriculture labour]

July 30- Public Sector [all PSU units like BHEL, NTPC, etc, coal, non-coal, mining, steel and maritime employees]