Nawanshahr:- The local leadership team of the Kiln Workers Union (IFTU) held a meeting at village Soita to prepare for the rally and demonstration being held at Sabji Mandi Ludhiana on March 22 by the Indian Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) and other organizations regarding their demands. Addressing the meeting, IFTU State President Kulwinder Singh Waraich, IFTU State Secretary Avtar Singh Tari, District President Gurdial Rakkar said that this rally and demonstration is being held with the demands of repealing the four labor codes, restoring the MGNREGA law, withdrawing the Electricity Amendment Bill 2025, mid-day meal, regularizing the raw workers including ASHA workers, providing permanent employment to every worker and raising the minimum wage to Rs. 26,000 per month, etc.
He said that the Modi government of the center has brought 4 labor codes by abolishing 29 pro-labor laws to snatch away the democratic rights of workers like forming unions and struggling to please the corporate houses and domestic and foreign capitalists.
He said that the central government has announced to implement these four labor codes from April 1 and the central government is going to implement the developed India Ji Ram Ji by abolishing the MGNREGA law to snatch away employment from the workers. He said that with the implementation of the labor code, the democratic right of the workers to form unions and struggle to secure and achieve their rights will be lost.
Instead of increasing the remuneration of work, the working hours will be 8 to 12 hours a day. The labor and employee leaders have called for a large number of people to join this protest to get these anti-labor labor laws repealed to protect their democratic rights. The kiln workers assured to reach the Ludhiana rally with a bang.