BMS mass contact drive from today to support beedi workers
New Delhi, Feb 10: The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Beedi Mazdoor Mahasangh has decided to launch a nationwide signature campaign from Feb 10 to 24, 2021 demanding separation of beedi from other tobacco products.
A delegation of BMS recently met Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Union Minister of Labor and Employment to bring to their notice the problems of the beedi workers. The BMS team also called on the members of parliament belonging to the beedi manufacturing states.
The delegation stated that livelihoods of 25 million workers depended on Beedi Industry and now they are under threat due to the amendments to be made in Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA 2003).
So, Akhil Bharatiya Beedi Mazdoor Mahasangh of BMS has decided to launch a MASS CONTACT PROGRAMME and collect signature from all the beedi industry workers to mount pressure on Government, an official release said.
