SAS Nagar, November 17 - At the invitation of CITU Punjab State Committee, a sit-in was held in front of the Labor Commissioner's office in Mohali under the chairmanship of CITU State President Maha Singh Rodi. A large number of women workers, NREGA scheme workers, construction, kiln and industrial workers participated in the strike.

To participate in the sit-in against the anti-labour policy of the Punjab government, the workers of SITU-affiliated unions from across Punjab reached the sit-in by buses, trucks and other means.

Addressing the protest, CITU All India Secretary Usa Rani, State General Secretary Chandra Sekhar, Anganwadi President Subhash Rani, MGNREGA leader Sher Singh Farwahi, Amarnath Kumkalan, Gurnam Singh Ghanoor, Nirman Mazdoor leader Daljit Kumar Gora, Bhatta Mazdoor leader Gurdarshan. Singh, Naib Singh Lochma, Joginder Singh Aulakh, Sukhminder Singh Lote, Paramjit Singh Nilo, Nachhatar Singh, Hanuman Prashad, Jaswant Singh Saini, Gurdeep Singh Mohali and Surinder Kaur Seema said that the demands of the workers should be accepted immediately. He said that if these demands are not accepted immediately, CITU will start a continuous struggle against the Punjab government, which will be the responsibility of the government.

The main demands of the strike include no increase in minimum wages from 11 years, cancellation of 12-hour duty notification scheme instead of eight hours, giving gratuity to workers, ending illegal contracting of 3 to 6-year-old children in Anganwadis. , to regularize the employees engaged in permanent works, stop privatization, make the minimum pension Rs 10000 per month, make NREGA workers Rs 700 per day, make the wages of rural watchmen equal to Haryana, restore the cuts in the benefits of construction workers, etc. were included

On this occasion, the provincial general secretary Chandra Sekhar announced that CITU will participate in large numbers of farmers, laborers and employees in the grand stage from November 26 to 28.