The strike is backed by all central trade unions, except the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, which is affiliated to the RSS. A meeting between Brihanmumbai Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta and leaders of the workers' union that has called the strike failed to arrive at a positive result. At HPCL Visakh Refinery, 60% of contract workers remained absent. Train services were hit as trade union activists staged rail roko at many places, including Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Balasore, Jaleswar, Bhadrak, Sambalpur, Berhampur and Paradip, police said. The members of the trade unions who called for the protest took out rallies in different parts of the district.

Source: The Hindu January 08, 2019 05:11 UTC