July 9 Strike: Countrywide Protests, Road Blockades

New Delhi: Working people of the country have come out today (July 9, 2025) on the streets in large numbers on the call for a nationwide general strike against the anti-people policies of the Narendra Modi-Central government. Workers, farmers, employees, everyone has joined in. There are reports of work stoppage across sectors in the country.

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In Bihar, where the revision of electoral rolls has become a big issue, demonstrations and rallies are being held, with the Opposition parties calling for a road blockade on a large scale.

Telangana 

Maharashtra

The July 9 strike has been called for by the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions with the umbrella organisation of farmers, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), extending its full support to the call. The Joint Platform comprises 10 central trade unions and a host of independent federations and associations. It has held successful strikes and protests on several occasions in the past years. The SKM is a powerful broad front made up of scores of farmers and agricultural workers organisations that led the stupendous and successful farmers’ protests of 2020-21 against the three farm laws and for better prices for agricultural produce.

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The strike call is also being supported by numerous civil society organisations, including the NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan, food security-related organisations, and Dalit and adivasi/forest dwellers’ organisations.

West Bengal

Chhattisgarh

Delhi Ghaziabad link road

Bihar

Bihar

Bihar

Karnataka

Key Demands

1. Scrap the four Labour Codes now.

2. National Minimum Wage of Rs.26,000 per month for all workers including unorganised sector workers, contract workers and scheme workers.

3. No casualisation of work in any form like outsourcing, fixed term employment, apprentices, trainees etc. under various schemes and pretexts. implement ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ for contract workers immediately.

4. Ensure minimum pension of Rs.9,000 per month and social security for all categories of workers, including unorganised workers and agricultural workers. Workers such as home-based workers, hawkers, rag-pickers, domestic workers, construction workers, migrant workers, scheme workers, agricultural workers, workers in shop/establishments, loading/unloading workers, gig workers, salt-pan workers, beedi workers, toddy-tappers, rickshaw-pullers, auto/rickshaw/taxi drivers, expatriate workers, fishing workers, etc. be registered and given portability in comprehensive social security, including pension.

5. Restore Old Pension Scheme (OPS). Scrap National Pension Scheme (NPS) and Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).

6. Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus and provident fund; increase quantum of gratuity

7. Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from submission of application. Immediate ratification of ILO (International Labour Organisation) conventions C87 and C98 related to right to organise and collective bargaining.

8. Control price rise, remove GST (goods and services tax) on essential items like food, medicines, agro-inputs and machinery, substantially reduce central excise duty on petroleum products and cooking gas. Guarantee food security and universalise the public distribution system.

9. Stop privatisation of Public Sector Enterprises and government departments. Scrap the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). Amend the existing law on mining of minerals and metals and ensure 50% share of profit from mines including coal mines for upliftment of local communities, especially adivasis and farmers.

10. MSP should be fixed at C2+50% for all farm produce with guaranteed procurement. Increase input subsidy to farmers on seed, fertilisers and electricity etc. with legal guarantee. Comprehensive loan waiver and crop insurance schemes. Implement written assurances given by the Union government to the SKM based on which the historic Kisan Struggle was suspended.

11. Withdraw the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022. Stop privatisation of electricity. No pre-paid smart meters.

12. Right to Work be made a fundamental right. Fill sanctioned posts and generate employment for the unemployed. Expand and implement MGNREGS (200 days per year and Rs.600 per day wage). Enact an Urban Employment Guarantee Act.

13. Guarantee Right to Free Education, Right to Health, Water and Sanitation for all. Scrap the new National Education Policy 2020. Ensure housing for all.

14. Stringent implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA); Withdraw amendments to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 2023 and Bio-diversity Act and Rules that allow the Union government to permit clearance of a forest without even informing the residents. Ensure land to the tiller.

15. Give ESI (employee state insurance) coverage to construction workers, with contributions from the welfare fund, also give coverage of health schemes, maternity benefits, life and disability insurance to all workers registered on e-Shram Portal. Ratify ILO Conventions on Domestic Workers and Home-based Workers and make appropriate laws. Make a comprehensive policy on migrant workers, strengthen existing Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1979 providing portability of their social security cover.

16. Tax the Super Rich; Enhance corporate tax; Re-introduce wealth tax and succession tax.

17. Stop attack on core values of the Constitution – freedom of expression, right to dissent, freedom of religion, diverse cultures, languages, equality before law and federal structure of the country etc.