Updated Feb 24, 2021 | 17:19 IST
TN bus strike: The Tamil Nadu transport trade unions had earlier called for a strike on December 3 but withdrew it citing “social responsibility”. Representative image  |  Photo Credit: IANS
Chennai: Nine transport trade unions will begin observing an indefinite strike from 25th February over the Tamil Nadu government’s failure to conclude wage talks. It is believed that around 80 per cent of the government buses in Tamil Nadu will stay off the roads from tomorrow.
Notably, there are 21,000 government buses in Tamil Nadu.
In a joint press release, the nine unions, including Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), said the strike will cover eight State Transport Undertakings (STUs), including the Metropolitan Transport Corporation.
TDF s R Ayyappan, K Gopakumar, R Sasidharan, and K Ajayakumar, and KSTES KL Rajesh, S Ajayakumar, GK Ajith, and TP Vijayan attended the meeting with Prabhakar.
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AITUC protests against rising fuel prices
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The Bengaluru district committee of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) held a protest against the rise in fuel prices, in the city on Thursday. Protesters termed the rise in fuel prices as “inhumane” and the result of “mismanagement” of the economy by the Union government.
“At a time when crude oil prices per barrel hover around $60 range, the Centre has increased the excise duties to over ₹30 per litre of petrol and diesel. Due to the failure of GST, demonetisation, and now the negative economic impact of COVID-19 lockdown, the government has resorted to looting people through prohibitive excise duties on fuel,” stated a press release.
The district committee of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) announced that it will hold a protest against the rising fuel and gas prices on Thursday. In a press release issued on Monday, the