List of Demands of Trade Unions- For 2 Days' - "All India Strike" on 20 and 21 February 2013

About 11 Central Trade Unions have called for an All-India General Strike on 20th and 21st February 2013 to protest the “Anti-People”- Policies of the UPA –Government of India, including the following:

Ever Increasing Price Rise
Poor implementation of Labour Law
Disinvestment in Public Sector Units/increased Foreign Domestic Investments/FDI in various sectors.

The Indian National Trade Union Congress/INTUC and the Labour Progressive Front, the trade union wings of the ruling Congress Party and its ally DMK and Tamil Nadu Government Employees Union would participate in the 2 days’ strike.

The demands of the striking unions include:

Stopping of contract labour
Bringing 37 crore unorganised sector workers under the EPF/ESI Acts
Fixing of statutory minimum wages at Rs. 10,000 a month
Raising minimum pension to Rs. 3,000/- pm.
Payment of equal wages and benefits to contract workers on a par with regular workers
Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund
Increasing the quantum of gratuity, guaranteed pension for all, and compulsory registration of trade unions within 45 days and immediate ratification.
Stopping the Government’s proposed -Banking reforms and outsourcing of banking related work
Early wage revision of Bank Employees and settling of pending issues like compassionate appointment scheme in banks.

The following services/sectors will be affected by the proposed strike: