AN AICCTU District level convention was organized on 3 December 2018 at the community hall in Jhumri Talaiya with the participation of delegates from all the Unions operating in the district. Present at the meeting were AICCTU State General Secretary Shubhendu Sen, Banjhedih Power Plant General Workers Union leaders comrades Vijay Paswan and Rajendra Yadav among other leaders.
Addressing the meeting, Shubhendu Sen said that the Central and State governments are crushing the rights of workers by bringing in amendments to the Labour Act. Benefits to workers are being cut and laws are being made in favour of the factory owners. Workers’ lives and livelihoods are under threat under this regime. Therefore, workers have to launch a massive protest on the lines of the farmers’ protest. AICCTU has resolved to make the countrywide workers’ strike on 8-9 January 2019 a resounding success in Koderma District also. The working class will teach the BJP governments at the Centre and the State a bitter lesson in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
