Dehradun, Jan. 8 -- The functioning of banks, insurance companies and government offices was considerably affected in the state, today, owing to the strike called by the Trade Unions to protest against 'anti-worker' laws, privatisation and demanding restoration of the old pension scheme, equal pay for equal work for contract and daily workers, a minimum wage of Rs 21,000 per month, etc.
Members of these trade unions gathered to protest at the Parade Ground and demonstrated outside the PNB branch in Astley Hall. CPI (M) activists raised slogans at the Gandhi Park gate. Allahabad Bank employees protested at the Clock Tower.
In Haridwar, workers demonstrated at Rishikul Ayurved College. The bank employees were also out on the streets. Trade ...