Workers take out rally, demand revision of minimum wage on Labour Day
Thousands of workers marched from Town Hall to Freedom Park in Karnataka to mark International Labour Day. The rally, attended by multiple trade unions and employee groups, highlighted demands for the revision of minimum wages and the repeal of new labour codes. Protesters expressed frustration over the delayed wage revision and called for policy changes to protect workers' rights.
- ▪Workers marched from Town Hall to Freedom Park for Labour Day.
- ▪Multiple trade unions including INTUC, CITU, and AITUC participated.
- ▪Demands included revising minimum wages and repealing the new labour codes.
- ▪The protest targeted delays in wage revision in Karnataka.
- ▪Unions from banking, insurance, and other sectors joined the rally.
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Marking International Labour Day, thousands of workers took out a rally from Town Hall to Freedom Park.All central trade unions, including INTUC, AITUC, CITU, HMA, AIUTUC, TUCC, AICCTU, HMKP, KIEF, and NCL, and employees’ unions from the banking, insurance, and other sectors took part in the march and the public meeting, during which outrage was expressed against the delay in the revision of minimum wages in Karnataka, and demands were made to revoke the labour codes.
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