The article is very passionate, and as a resident of the US, I don't have a lot of context here. Just wanted to dump out some of what I found when looking deepe

The article is very passionate, and as a resident of the US, I don't have a lot of context here. Just wanted to dump out some of what I found when looking deeper into this. Apparently 10 major unions have called for a strike for somewhere between 11-13 points of demands [1][2][3], though all sources seem to say "12 point charter of demands". Here are the 13, the first and the last are sometimes included and sometimes not: 0 (possibly just a preamble?): Urgent measures for containing price-rise through universalisation of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market 1 Containing unemployment through concrete measures for employment generation 2 Strict enforcement of all basic labour laws without any exception or exemption and stringent punitive measures for violation of labour laws. 3 Universal social security cover for all workers 4 Minimum wages of not less than Rs 15,000/- per month with provisions of indexation 5 Assured enhanced pension not less than Rs.3,000/- p.m. for the entire working population 6 Stoppage of disinvestment in Central/State PSUs 7 Stoppage of contractorisation in permanent perennial work and payment of same wage and benefits for contract workers as regular workers for same and similar work 8 Removal of all ceilings on payment and eligibility of bonus, provident fund; increase the quantum of gratuity. 9 Compulsory registration of trade unions within a period of 45 days from the date of submitting application; and immediate ratification of ILO Conventions C 87 and C 98 10 Stoppage of Pro Employer Labour Law Amendments 11 Stoppage of FDI in Railways, Insurance and Defence 12 (some documents omit this one) In addition to these the central trade unions are also demanding the withdrawal of the Land Acquisition amendment bill/ordinance. It appears that there are 11 central unions [4], and all but one have called for a strike [5], at least as of January 2020, though it's unclear if that is still the situation. [1] http://citucentre.org/389-12-point-charter-of-demands-of-joint-trade-union-movement http://citucentre.org/389-12-point-charter-of-demands-of-joi... has 11 points, but maybe the introduction is a 12th? [2] https://www.jornalet.com/documents/12-demandas.pdf https://www.jornalet.com/documents/12-demandas.pdf has 12 [3] http://citucentre.org/component/k2/75-12-point-charter-of-demands http://citucentre.org/component/k2/75-12-point-charter-of-de... has 13 lines [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unions_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_unions_in_India [5] https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/why-labour-unions-have-called-for-a-nationwide-strike-on-wednesday-120010700459_1.html https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/why...