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Workers strike across India for labor rights, better pay

Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions try to block a road in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions walk in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Bank employees shout slogans on the first day of a two-day nationwide strike in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Bank employees shout slogans on the first day of a two-day nationwide strike in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions walk in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. Banner in Bengla reads, "Save the country, save the people of the country, support the all India strike". (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions walk in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) People wait inside theirs vehicles as activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions block traffic in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions try to traffic in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions try to block a road in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Activists and supporters of the Left Front, Indian National Congress and various trade unions walk in support of a nationwide two-day strike in Kolkata, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. Banner in Bengla reads, "Save the country, save the people of the country, support the all India strike". (AP Photo/Bikas Das) A boy assists a strike supporter erect flags at a town square on the first day of two day nationwide strike called by various labor unions in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. Workers have called for strike to express their anger at the government’s economic policies and to back demands for their improved rights. (AP Photo/R S Iyer) Strikers arrange chairs for a public meeting on the first day of two day nationwide strike called by various labor unions in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. Workers have called for strike to express their anger at the government’s economic policies and to back demands for their improved rights. (AP Photo/R S Iyer) Strike supporters erect flags at a traffic intersection on the first day of two day nationwide strike called by various labor unions in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Monday, March 28, 2022. Workers have called for strike to express their anger at the government’s economic policies and to back demands for their improved rights. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
Workers strike across India for labor rights, better pay