Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh to stage protest outside Parliament during winter session |5Anjabi

The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has found a common ground with other trade unions this year. It will go on a one-day protest outside Parliament in the winter session in November, protesting against unequal pay for workers and disinvestment of public sector units.

However, the BMS will not joi

n a similar protest called by 10 other central trade unions pressing for their charter of demands in the winter session of Parliament.

“We have decided to go for a ‘March to Delhi’ on November 17 to demand the implementation of the equal pay for similar workers law, protest against disinvestment of public sector units and to demand social security for all workers,” BMS general secretary Virjesh Upadhyay said.

                             

Three-day dharna

Last week, the 10 central trade unions announced a three-day dharna from November 9 to 11 outside Parliament against rising unemployment and the Central government’s alleged inaction on their charter of demands.

The decision of the labour unions was taken at the National Convention of Workers held on August 8 to which the BMS was not invited. It was attended by representatives of INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC and LPF and federation of employees representing various sectors such as banking, pharmaceuticals, petroleum and construction.