Defence employees to go on indefinite strike from 12th October, 2020.

The Defence employees, working in the Ordnance Factories, are going on an indefinite strike from 12^th October, 2020, opposing the decision of the Modi government to corporatise the Ordnance Factories. This corporatisation is being viewed as opening the floodgates for the privatisation of the Defence Ordnance Factories. The Defence employees had already organised a heroic 5 day strike in August, 2019. Some time back, the Defence trade unions had conducted a strike ballot. The workers had overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike. The National Convention of Workers, held online yesterday, has called upon the working class to organise solidarity actions in support of the strike of the Defence employees.