Below we publish the statement issued by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions on February 15

THE central government has decided to privatise the Chandigarh Union Territory Electricity Department. This is the cheapest and efficient electricity provider to the city and suburb populations. Moreover it is a profit making entity.

THE Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral All India Federations and Associations have decided to observe a two-day general strike on February 23-24, with the main slogan of “Save the People and Save the Nation.” The decision was taken as per the call given by the National Convention of Workers on November 11, to organise a general strike during the budget session of the parliament. 

EXCEPT for RSS-affiliated BMS, all remaining 10 Central Trade Unions and independent national federations of the country, in a national convention at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on November 11, 2021, have taken a decision to resort to two days countrywide ‘workers general strike’ during the budget session 2022 of the Parliament.

WORKERS-FARMERS CONTINUING JOINT ACTIONS

THE CITU in a statement issued on October 25, condemned the destructive exercise of the government to transfer the national assets and infrastructures in the hands of private corporate, both domestic and foreign. It said, "Air India sale is the most current example."

The CITU quoting from a media report said that the government is making a hasty move for amending the Bank Nationalisation Acts. This is being done to facilitate the privatisation of public sector banks in the next winter session of the Parliament.

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on August 24, has denounced BJP government’s project ‘National Monetisation Pipeline’ (NMP) to hand over productive national assets including vital functional infrastructural assets worth several lakhs of crores of rupees to the domestic and foreign private monopolies, for a pittance. It said that the project is a big step of international finance capital dictated neoliberal policy. “NMP is a pipeline of corruption while handing over public assets in private hands.