<p class="title">The government will hold discussions with trade <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566898718547483093">unions which</gwmw> have threatened to go on a nationwide strike on January 8 next year, <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748566898711852093427">Labour</gwmw> Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said on Wednesday in Rajya Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The government has till date not received any notice for a nationwide strike on 8th January 2020," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the minister said it <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566928807661177113">is learnt</gwmw> through various media reports that some Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have given a call for a nationwide general strike on January 8, 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will call all stakeholders and discuss with them," Gangwar said, adding <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566948818789419137">demands</gwmw> of trade unions and MPs would be considered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As and when a strike notice is received by the government, the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) under the Office of Chief <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748566978819892596175">Labour</gwmw> Commissioner (Central) initiates conciliation proceedings with the objective of resolving issues involved in <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566978813174834644">strike</gwmw>," the minister informed.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748566998869667459283">Gangwar</gwmw> highlighted that the government has resolved 95- 98 per cent of issues which were raised previously and there were no strikes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In September, Central trade unions had given a call for a nationwide general strike on January 8 against government's alleged failure to respond to <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748567018880076569764">demands</gwmw> of workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 10 central unions announced the strike in a national open mass convention of workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The central unions are pressing for a 12-point Charter of Demands.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The central government not only failed to respond to <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748567069113604834363">genuine demands</gwmw> of working <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748568309356239974300">people but</gwmw> continued its brazen aggression against the rights of workers, in the interest of their corporate masters. Bipartisan and <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748567088761119934383">tripartism</gwmw> are given a go-by. <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748567100678024971414">Labour</gwmw> laws are being sought to be overhauled in <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748567100674984436835">favour</gwmw> of employers' class," a statement issued jointly by these unions had said.</p>
<p class="title">The government will hold discussions with trade <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566898718547483093">unions which</gwmw> have threatened to go on a nationwide strike on January 8 next year, <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748566898711852093427">Labour</gwmw> Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said on Wednesday in Rajya Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The government has till date not received any notice for a nationwide strike on 8th January 2020," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the minister said it <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566928807661177113">is learnt</gwmw> through various media reports that some Central Trade Unions (CTUs) have given a call for a nationwide general strike on January 8, 2020.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will call all stakeholders and discuss with them," Gangwar said, adding <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566948818789419137">demands</gwmw> of trade unions and MPs would be considered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"As and when a strike notice is received by the government, the Central Industrial Relations Machinery (CIRM) under the Office of Chief <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748566978819892596175">Labour</gwmw> Commissioner (Central) initiates conciliation proceedings with the objective of resolving issues involved in <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748566978813174834644">strike</gwmw>," the minister informed.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748566998869667459283">Gangwar</gwmw> highlighted that the government has resolved 95- 98 per cent of issues which were raised previously and there were no strikes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In September, Central trade unions had given a call for a nationwide general strike on January 8 against government's alleged failure to respond to <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748567018880076569764">demands</gwmw> of workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As many as 10 central unions announced the strike in a national open mass convention of workers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The central unions are pressing for a 12-point Charter of Demands.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The central government not only failed to respond to <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748567069113604834363">genuine demands</gwmw> of working <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15748568309356239974300">people but</gwmw> continued its brazen aggression against the rights of workers, in the interest of their corporate masters. Bipartisan and <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748567088761119934383">tripartism</gwmw> are given a go-by. <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748567100678024971414">Labour</gwmw> laws are being sought to be overhauled in <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15748567100674984436835">favour</gwmw> of employers' class," a statement issued jointly by these unions had said.</p>