"Nationwide trade unions strike today, 25 crore participation anticipated by union", 8 January 2020

Ten trade unions have claimed that there will be about 25 crore people taking part in nationwide call for strike... The strike is called by trade unions against what they allege as "anti-people" policies of this government. The declaration for this strike was adopted in September 2019 by unions like INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, LPF, and UTUC among various independent federations.

...The joint statement by the 10 organisations claims that not less than 25 crore people will be participating in the strike... The unions have demanded reversal of "anti-working class, anti-people and the anti-national policies" allegedly implemented by this government. The unions in the joint statement have also accused the labour ministry of doing little to assure the workers of their demand. The unions have also condemned the violence on JNU campus and similar incidents in university campuses across India.