Photos: All-India trade union strike hits normal life across country

Tripti Agarwal

8 January 2019 at 5:04 am

All-India strike

Indian activists from the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), which is politically aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), takes part in a rally during a nationwide strike in Mumbai on January 8, 2019. – Unions said that some 200 million workers took part in what they called the biggest show of force since Modi’s right-wing government took office in 2014, accusing it of neglecting workers and farmers. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)

Scores of trade unions across the nation went on a two-day nationwide strike commencing Tuesday to protest against the Narendra Modi led-government’s alleged anti-worker policies and unilateral labour reforms.

One of the major demands put forth by the protesters is to include enactment of the Social Security Act and setting of a minimum wage of Rs 24,000 per month for unorganised transport workers. The trade union strike affected normal life in several cities and towns.

Here is a glimpse of the inconvenience caused to people by the strike.

(Image Credits: AP, Getty Images, Yahoo Stringer & Reuters)

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