Trade unions’ strike likely to affect coal, banking, postal sectors

RANCHI: Coal, banking, insurance, postal, among other sectors, in Jharkhand are likely to be affected by the nationwide strike called by 10 trade unions to oppose the central government’s policies, including the four new labour codes.

The nationwide general strike has been called by the Joint Platform of Trade Unions, which comprises 10 central trade unions (CTUs) along with independent all-India sectoral federations and associations. The strike has been supported by the trade unions and Left parties in the state.

“The production and dispatch of coal have been totally halted as coal workers are on strike. The daily business in the banking sector and public sector units will also be impacted,” All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Jharkhand unit general secretary Suvendu Sen said.