New Delhi, Sept 26: Agitated over Supreme Court's pronouncement on strike, trade unions will hold a national convention here on Friday to demand that the government take steps to negate the impact of the judgement.
"The entire trade union movement is shocked over the pronouncement of the court and this convention will renew the workers' pledge to protect their right to agitate and strike," major central trade unions said in a joint statement here.
It said a long-drawn programme of joint action would be adopted by the convention where over 6,000 representatives of central trade unions and all-india federations of railway, banks and psus will resolve to safeguard their right to strike.

The court ruling that government employees do not have constitutional, legal or moral and equitable rights to strike created a flutter among trade unions who got a shot in the arm when the attorney general soli sorabjee said the apex court judgement was uncalled for and incomprehensive.

The statement -- issued on behalf of left affiliated AITUC, CITU, AICCTU, TUCC, UTUC, UTUC(LS), Congress-affiliated INTUC and HMS -- said that Supreme Court pronouncement was not acceptable to the workers. However, there was no signatory from the bms as leaders of the Sangh Parivar-affiliated trade union were busy with their national executive at Vishakapatnam.



Trade unions feel there are two options before the government - either the government moves a review petition in the Supreme Court or brings about a legislation in Parliament.


Bureau Report