All India Strike Action by the Working Class on 28-29 March 2022

The following statement was issued to the press by the joint platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations on 29th January 2022

THE DATES FOR TWO DAYS COUNTRYWIDE STRIKE CHANGED

The online meeting of the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Sectoral Federations/ Associations held on 28.01.2022 has changed the dates for Two Days’ Countrywide General Strike Against the Anti-worker, Anti-people, Anti-national Policies of the Government to 28-29 March, 2022 from the earlier dates of 23-24 February, 2022.

The meeting recalled the decision of the National Convention of Workers held on 11th November 2021 to organize two days countrywide General Strike during the Budget Session of Parliament in 2022 and accordingly the dates of the strike on 23-24 February 2022 were decided in the joint meeting of the Platform held on 3rd December 2021.

The meeting noted that preparations for the strike have taken-off in several states and sectors, with joint state level conventions and even district level conventions having taken place in some states.

However, several states have also reported severe constraints placed on strike preparations due to rising third wave of Omicron pandemic. Besides, several factors such as one phase of state assembly elections in UP falling on 23rd February, local body elections in Tamil Nādu, Odisha, West Bengal etc., close to 23-24 February were taken note of. Therefore, the Joint Platform of the CTUs and Sectoral Federations/ Associations have decided to defer the General Strike dates to 28-29 March, 2022, when the second phase of the Budget Session of Parliament will actually be in session.

The Joint Platform of CTUs calls upon the working people and their unions, irrespective of affiliations, to intensify the ongoing preparatory campaign and activities to make the Two Days Countrywide General Strike on 28-29 March 2022 a massive success to assert their pledge to Save the People and Save the Nation from the destructive, anti-national policy regime.

The Joint Platform also calls upon the workers and their trade unions in the election-bound states to vigorously campaign for defeating the BJP Government whose policies have forced the National Convention of Workers to give a call for two days countrywide strike.

            INTUC   AITUC   HMS     CITU     AIUTUC

            TUCC    SEWA   AICCTU LPF UTUC

And Independent Sectoral Federations/Associations