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March 29, 2022

Millions of Indian Workers Strike to Protest Modi's Economic Policies
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In India, hundreds of thousands of workers have gone on strike to
protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's neoliberal economic policies. A
two-day shutdown began Monday, called on by dozens of labor unions from
the private and public sectors. Government workers, coal and copper
miners, steel, oil and health workers are among those who've joined the
strike as anger mounts over mass unemployment, rising food and fuel
prices, worsening poverty and lack of access to healthcare and
education.


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