SC verdict on strike should be reviewed: CPI

New Delhi, July 23: The CPI today expressed concern
over the Supreme Court judgement declaring the Tamil Nadu
government employees and teachers strike illegal and said the
apex court verdict needed to be reviewed.

"The court of justice has not gone into genuine prayer
made before it. It declared the strike as illegal. Strike
is the last resort available to working people to express
their dissent and demand collective bargaining," the CPI
central secretariat said in a statement here.

It said the ordinance to the Tamil Nadu Essential
Services Maintenance Act (TESMA) is an attack on the basic
rights and security in jobs and gives draconian powers to the
government.

Bureau Report