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September 4, 2015

India: 150 Million Workers Strike to Protest Proposed Labor Reforms 
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In India, as many as 150 million unionized workers went on strike on
Wednesday in protest over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's labor reforms.
Modi has proposed the largest overhaul of India's labor laws in decades.
The reforms would make it harder for workers to unionize and go on
strike.

 

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