Call to make Jan 8 strike successful

Patancheru: Trade union leaders K Rajayya, Narsimha Reddy and district secretaries Prasad (AITUC) Manohar (HMSP) on Sunday called upon workers to make the nation-wide strike on January 8 to protest against the Centre's 'anti-labour' policies successful.

Speaking after releasing a poster on the strike, at a meeting of CITU, INTUC, AITUC and HMS leaders, they accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of implementing the anti-labour and privatisation policies and violating labour laws.

The leaders urged people to fight against the government's policies. They said a symposium organised by various trade unions would be held on Sangareddy on December 12. The leaders appealed to members of all trade unions to attend the event in large numbers to make it successful. Among the leaders present was Nageswara Rao.