According to sources ten central trade unions on monday said around 25 crore people will participate in a nationwide strike on january 8 to protest against the government's "anti-people" policies. Meanwhile trade unions INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC along with various sectoral independent federations and associations had adopted a declaration in september last to go on a nationwide strike on january 8, 2020.
Reportedly "We expect the participation of not less than 25 crores of working people in the forthcoming National General strike on january 8, 2020, to be followed by many more actions seeking reversal of the anti-worker, anti-people, anti-national policies of the Government". The statement read "About 60 organisations of students and elected office-bearers of some universities have also decided to join the strike with an agenda to raise voice against increased fee structure and commercialization of education".
Moreover the trade unions condemned the JNU violence and similar incidents in other university campuses and expressed their solidarity with students and teachers all over india and apparently the unions also expressed displeasure over no indian Labour Conference being held since July 2015, the codification of labour laws and privatisation of PSUs. Perhaps "As many as 12 airports are already sold out to private hands, 100 per cent sale of air india is already decided, the decision to sell bpcl taken, BSNL-MTNL merger announced and 93,600 telecom workers already thrown out of jobs under the garb of VRS (voluntary retirement scheme)".
