Transport workers, including employees of state transport corporations, across the <g data-gr-id="16">country</g> would join nation-wide strike on September 2 to protest against the proposed Motor Bill, the National Federation of Indian Road Transport Workers said on Tuesday.
Eleven central trade unions, including BJP-backed BMS, has called for a one-day <g data-gr-id="17">nation-wide</g> general strike on September 2 to protest against government's unilateral labour reforms and for giving no heed to their 12-point charter of demands. "Workers from state transport corporations and private transport operators across the nation have unanimously decided to join the 24-hour strike in protest against the proposed Road Transport and Safety, Bill which is not only against the interest of workers and state transport bodies but also pro-corporate," National Federation of Indian Road Transport Workers General Secretary M L Yadav said.
"Our demand is that the government should <g data-gr-id="13">roll-back</g> the Bill which is against the interest of the workers and bodies both," Yadav said. The workers had gone on a nation-wide strike on April 30 against the Bill, which had impacted normal life in several parts of the country, including in the National Capital. Commuters faced severe hardships in states like Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, <g data-gr-id="14">Guajart</g>, Assam and Haryana with buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws going off the roads.