Workers converge around Town Hall in Bengaluru in response to strike call in protest against new labour codes
The Hindu
Thousands of workers in Bengaluru protested against new labour codes, leading to tensions at Town Hall and detentions by police.
Thousands of workers and trade union activists gathered at Town Hall in Bengaluru in response to the general strike called by the joint committee of trade unions against the four labour codes on February 12.
The workers who demanded repeal of the labour codes, were detained, arrested and removed from the spot by the police.
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“The labour codes are anti-worker and exploitative. We demand immediate repeal of all four codes,” said one of the protesters.
Trade unionists from CITU, INTUC, AITUC, HMS, AIUTUC, AICCTU, TUCC and HMKP took part in the protest.
Workers also gathered and held processions across industrial areas, including at Jigani, Bommasandra, Hoskote, Doddaballapura, Whitefield, Nelamangala and Dobaspete, where factories were shut down.
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