Statewide demonstrations on Jan 24 regarding the demands of Anganwadi, Asha and Mid-Day Meal workers: CITU
The meeting of the CITU State Committee Himachal Pradesh was held in Bilaspur under the chairmanship of State President Vijendra Mehra. In the meeting Dr. Kashmir Thakur, Vijendra Mehra, Prem Gautam, Kuldeep Dogra, Sudesh, Ashok Katoch, Ravindra, Joginder, Bhupendra, Rajesh, Ashish, Mohit, Narendra, Ranjan, Suresh, Gurnam, Neelam, Vijay, Lakhanpal, Pramila Vasu, Pawan. , Himi, Bhup Singh, Balak Ram, Ramprakash, Anil, Gurdas, Madan Negi, etc. were present in the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that there will be a nationwide strike on 16 February 2024 against the anti-labor, farmer, employee, and anti-people policies of the Modi government at the Center. There will be statewide demonstrations on January 24 regarding the demands of Anganwadi, Asha, and Mid Day Meal workers. There will be statewide demonstrations from January 29 to February 5 on the issue of restoration of economic benefits from the Labor Welfare Board of MNREGA and construction workers.
CITU State President Vijendra Mehra and General Secretary Prem Gautam said that the nationwide strike on 16th February will be held in support of declaring the minimum wage of workers at Rs 26 thousand, canceling four anti-labor labor codes, giving minimum support price to farmers, implementing Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations tomorrow. Along with the expansion in urban areas, MNREGA will provide 200 working days at a wage of Rs 600 per day, registration of MNREGA, construction and BRO workers in the Labor Welfare Board and restoration of economic benefits, making a policy for outsourced workers, providing them employment opportunities. There will be demands for reinstatement of laid-off COVID workers, curbing rampant inflation, regularizing scheme workers, stopping privatization of public sector undertakings, debt relief for farmers, etc.
He has said that due to the neo-liberal and pro-capitalist policies of the Modi government at the Centre, the crisis of unemployment, poverty, inequality, and livelihood is increasing. Poverty and hunger are increasing due to unemployment and inflation. Rising inflation due to the weakening of the public distribution system has broken the back of the people. There is a huge increase in the prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and food items. He promised to ensure a minimum wage of Rs 26,000 per month and a pension to all workers; By repealing the four anti-labor labor codes and the Electricity Amendment Bill, banning contract, part-time, multi-purpose, multi-task, temporary, casual, fixed term, contractual system and outsourced system, all these workers should be regularized and thrown out of the job. Demanded reinstatement of hundreds of Covid workers, expansion in urban areas, providing 200 working days at a wage of Rs 600 per day in MNREGA, registration of MNREGA, construction, and BRO workers in the Labor Welfare Board, and restoration of economic benefits. He called for stopping privatization and disinvestment of public sector undertakings, ending the National Monetization Pipeline and Agneepath scheme, stopping inflation, strengthening the ration system in the depots and making it universal, regularizing all the scheme workers including Anganwadi, Mid Day Meal, Asha workers etc., implementing OPS for the employees of Electricity Board, Municipal Corporations, other boards and corporations, stopping privatization of BRO and regularizing BRO workers, implementing Street Vendors Act for street vendors, withdrawing anti-worker and owner changes in the Motor Vehicle Act. demanded.
