Millions strike against inflation and government policies (Radio France Internationale)
"Flights from New Delhi to Kolkata have been cancelled and rail traffic in West Bengal severely interrupted due to striking transports workers.
"Workers in the telecom and banking industries were also staying away from work.
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"The trade unions that have called the strike are supported by the country's communist parties, which last month withdrew support for the government."
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Left trade unions shut down West Bengal (Sindh Today, August 20, 2008):
"CITU is the national trade union front of the Communist Party of India (Marxists) (CPI-M) which leads the ruling Left Front coalition in the state.
"CITU is also one of the largest trade union of workers in the country.
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"The call for the August 20 county-wide strike has been given by the Sponsoring Committee of Trade Unions comprising All India Trade Union Centre (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Labour Progressive Force (LPF), All-India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), and All-India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC) apart from CITU.
"The six-point charter of demand of the trade unions calls for containment of unprecedented price rise, widening economic disparities, falling real wages and mass-scale violation of labour laws, rising unemployment and increasing atrocities on labourers."
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