New Delhi, March 29 (Agency) Trade Unions in Delhi on Tuesday organized the second day of protest at Jantar Mantar against several issues including “abolishing” of the labour laws, formation of labour code, disinvestment and privatization of public sectors Jantar Mantar. Leaders from Trade Unions alleged that the national resources and the national assets including infrastructure, has been put on sale by the government. They further alleged that the working class, which creates national wealth, is being made defenceless with draconian changes in labour laws, weakening their trade unions, taking away their rights to strike, doing away with factory inspections, and so on.
Protesting workers expressed their concerns that the unemployment level has reached 12 per cent and the youths are the majority among the unemployed as per government’s own statistics. They alleged that prices of petrol, diesel and gas are once again rising post elections in five states. Workers said that the interest rate on the Provident Fund(PF) of workers has been brought down from 8.5 to 8.1 per cent.