India, July 8 -- A forum of 10 central trade unions in India recently announced that "more than 25 crore workers" will go on nationwide strike on July 9, Wednesday. It will see workers from different sectors taking part, including banking, insurance, postal and coal mining workers.

A statement by the forum said the government has not been conducting the annual labour conference for the last 10 years and has continued to take decisions that go against the interest of labour force. The forum also alleged that the economic policies are harming the labourers due to increasing unemployment, rising prices of goods and depression in wages.

Harbhajan Singh Sidhu from Hind Mazdoor Sabha told PTI that , these are the major services that will get ...