After the strike, unions expect some budget sops for working class

The central trade unions, which organised a two-day general strike which ended on Thursday, just before the budget session of Parliament, expect some sops from the government for job protection and social security for the working class.

“This government has a pro-capitalist and pro-rich policy. It simply wants foreign direct investment, making rich richer at the cost of the working class and the poor and we cannot expect much in budget 2013-14,” G. Sanjeeva Reddy, president, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) said.

It is interesting that this statement comes from the leader of the trade union, which is the labour wing of the ruling Congress. “We want a budget in support of the people and the working class,” he said, warning that addressing only the concerns of capitalists would leave the workers in the lurch and ultimately harm the nation.

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