NewsClick

NewsClick
  • हिन्दी
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Covid-19
  • Science
  • Culture
  • India
  • International
  • Sports
  • Articles
  • Videos
search
menu

INTERACTIVE ELECTION MAPS

image/svg+xml
  • All Articles
  • Newsclick Articles
  • All Videos
  • Newsclick Videos
  • हिन्दी
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Science
  • Culture
  • India
  • Sports
  • International
  • Africa
  • Latin America
  • Palestine
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
  • US
  • West Asia
About us
Subscribe
Follow us Facebook - Newsclick Twitter - Newsclick RSS - Newsclick
close menu
×
For latest updates on nCOVID-19 around the world visit our INTERACTIVE COVID MAP
Labour
Protests & Movements
India

CITU Organises Protest Demos, Submits Memorandums Against Labour Codes and Farm Laws to DMs Across Delhi

A large number of factory workers from various industrial areas in the national capital region, Delhi Jal Board employees, medical representatives and street hawkers participated in the rallies spread across two days.
Newsclick Report
09 Jan 2021
CITU Protest.

At the nationwide call of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, protests against the four labour codes and three farm bills were organised in the District Magistrate and Sub-divisional Magistrate offices across the districts of Delhi on January 7 and 8.

The all India centre of CITU had given the call to send memorandums to the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of all states through either protest demonstrations or gheraos of the offices of DMs across the country.

Dm CITU.

A large number of factory workers from various industrial areas in the national capital region, Delhi Jal Board employees, medical representatives and street hawkers participated in the rallies spread across two days. Along with workers members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India and the All India Democratic Women’s Association also took part in the protest demonstrations in solidarity with the workers and farmers.

At several places, the rallies led by the trade union also faced police action.

In the South West district of the national capital, the rally of CITU members were stopped by the police officers as soon as they reached the SDM office in Dwarka Sector 8. However, the members went ahead with the program and organised a public meeting chaired by Chhote Lal. Later, the members submitted a memorandum to the SDM.

Protest demonstrations were also held at DM offices in Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar; North East Delhi; Shahdara in Nand Nagri and the SDM office at Alipur, following which memorandums were submitted to the officers. CITU delegates submitted a memorandum to the DM in Nangloi as well, led by state vice president, HC Pant on January 8.

Also read: Central Trade Unions Mull Over Prolonged General Strike of Workers

According to a press release by CITU Delhi, the speakers addressing the protests pointed “how the Modi Government used the restrictions in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic as an "opportunity in crisis" to push the four labour codes and three farm bills, under which all social security measures for the workers have been withdrawn and the state support for agriculture has been curtailed.

DM SE CITU.

Along with the repeal of the labour codes and farm bills, CITU has also demanded the repeal of the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020; minimum wage of Rs 21,000; a monthly cash transfer of Rs 7,500 for all non-income tax paying families and guaranteed 10 kg foodgrain per month per person. Further, the central trade union has demanded the extension of national rural employment scheme to the urban areas, with 200 days of guaranteed work at minimum wage of Rs 700 per day; the repeal of the New Pension Scheme and social security for all.

Get the latest reports & analysis with people's perspective on Protests, movements & deep analytical videos, discussions of the current affairs in your Telegram app. Subscribe to NewsClick's Telegram channel & get Real-Time updates on stories, as they get published on our website.
CITU Protest
workers protest
Farmers Protest
Farm Laws
Labour Codes
social security
Minimum Wage
Related Stories
Women farmers at Singhu border.

Farmers' Struggle and Women’s Participation

Agri libralisation

Liberalisation of Agriculture: Lessons from Developed and Developing Countries

protest

Protest Sites at Delhi’s Borders See Farmers, Workers Unite to Fight Farm Laws

Kisan Mazdoor Ekta Diwas

Farmers-Workers Unity Gaining Strength

punjab farmers

Punjab’s Farm Labourers Intensify Anti-Farm Laws Protests on Kisan-Mazdoor Diwas

SKM

Sangharsh Rally to Ekta Diwas: A Look at Workers-Farmers Alliance

farmers-workers unity

Kisan Mazdoor Ekta Diwas: Why Has Centre Failed to Address Farmer Suicides, Ask Telangana Unions

TN

TN this Week: Transport Workers Strike Continues, Five Killed in Firecracker Unit Blast

ghadsana26022021

Ghadasana Mahapanchayat: Farmers Should Unite, Laws Will Be Repealed - Rakesh Tikait

Nodeep Kaur

Dalit Labour Activist Nodeep Kaur Granted Bail by Punjab and Haryana High Court

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare via EmailShare on RedditShare on KindlePrint
Share
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare via EmailShare on RedditShare on KindlePrint
Share

Related Stories

Newsclick Production

Manesar: Thousands of Labourers Stop Work Demanding a Hike, Sit on Strike

02 March 2021
After COVID-19 hit the country, the government, on one hand, claims that common people are returning to normal life.
Ravi Kaushal

‘Defeat BJP’: Farmers’ Unions Tell People in Poll-bound States

02 March 2021
In a bid to intensify their alliance, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the central trade unions on Tuesday (March 2) announced that both platfor
Sumedha Pal

Tortured and Targeted with Casteist Slurs in Custody: Nodeep Kaur

01 March 2021
As workers and farmers unite against the Narendra Modi-led government’s anti-farmer and anti-labour laws, students, activists and media persons are

Pagination

  • Next page ››

More

  • kerala

    Motor Vehicle Strike in Kerala Against Spiralling Fuel Prices

  • Delhi Riots

    Delhi Riots: ‘Presumption Can’t be Stretched to Take Shape of Proof,’ Court Discharges Two from Attempt to Murder

  • Heat wave India

    IMD: Above Normal Summer Temperatures Likely across Country Except South, Central India

  • Parthodas gupta

    TRP Scam: Bombay HC Grants Bail to BARC’s ex-CEO Partho Dasgupta

  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with
about