All India strike today, banks and public transport hit; 1 killed in Ambala

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PTI: New Delhi, Feb 20 2013, 08:27 IST

The two-day All India strike that started today have severely impacted banking services and public transport services across the nation. The strike, called by 11 trade unions has already claimed one life after a trade union leader, who was squatting along with a group of workers near a bus depot in Ambala, died when he was hit by a bus in his bid to stop it from plying.

Public transport hit in Delhi, financial services paralysed in Mumbai

In Haryana, bus driver Narender Singh, who was also the treasurer of AITUC, was killed when he tried to stop a bus which was being taken out from the Ambala Depot despite the strike, district president, Haryana Roadways Workers Union's, Inder Singh Bhadana said.

After the incident, other assembled workers resorted to violence damaging vehicles belonging to the Ambala's Deputy Commissioner of Police and SHO of the Baldev police station area, police said.

Earlier, AITUC General Secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said that the victim was allegedly stabbed to death by some persons who wanted to take out buses from the depot despite the strike.

Trade unionists said 10 crore workers will be taking part in the strike. Industry body Assocham estimates that the loss to the economy will be 15-20 thousand crore rupees.

Commuters in the national capital faced hardships as a section of auto-rickshaws and taxis remained off the road in support of the strike.

Although Metro services were not affected by the strike, bus services were partially hit by the strike as a number of

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reasons for strike......

srikumar | 20-Feb-2013Reply | Forward

All our unions and members are aware that from the Workers Parliament - National Trade Union Convention organised jointly by all the Central Trade Unions - BMS, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, AICCTU, UTUC, LPF, SEWA - the call has been given for nationwide General Strike on 20th and 21st February, 2013 against the Governments anti-people, anti-labour policies. Day by day the attacks are increasing and the miseries of the common people and working masses are multiplying. On the one hand, prices go up unabated but the Government is failing to control inflation. On the other hand, recession has gripped the economy resulting in slow down in the economy. Government is attributing the increase in food prices to higher consumption of food by people but in reality the number of people below poverty is increasing. The Government is unmindful and is busy in going ahead with their neo-liberal economic policies. Subsidies to the poor are being withdrawn but foreign direct investments are being encouraged. Profit greedy corporate houses are being encouraged but the Government has no time to attend to the problems of the farm sector which is in crisis. Capitalists are bailed out but workers who are most affected by the economic crisis are ignored. Hence people and workers are hit severely. We have to hit back with our unity and militancy. Hence, we welcome the growing unity amongst the central trade unions and their united struggles.