Letter to BS: Strike called by trade unions does not serve any purpose

Despite claims of success supported by a section of media the reality on the ground is otherwise

This refers to “Bharat Bandh: An interaction of economic and social issues” (January 9). A major bane of Indian trade unions is that they are politically affiliated and practise political unionism more than economic unionism. It is not surprising then that the top demand of the unions for going on a national strike is the repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA. At a time when they have failed to perform their primary function of providing job security to their members (as evidenced by decline in the number of permanent employees and replacing them with temporary hands) their proritisation