11 th November 2021 Press Release PREPARE FOR A NATIONWIDE STRIKE DURING BUDGET SESSION NATIONAL CONVENTION OF WORKERS GIVES A RINGING CALL The National Convention of Workers was held on 11 th November 2021 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi at the initiative of Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent sectoral All India Federations and Associations. It was presided over by Sanjay Singh-INTUC, Sukumar Damle-AITUC, Raja Sreedhar-HMS, Hemlata-CITU, Ramesh Parashar-AIUTUC, Shiv Shankar-TUCC, Farida Jalis-SEWA, Shailendra K Sharma-AICCTU, R.K. Maurya-LPF, Nazim Hussain-UTUC. The convention began with paying homage to V. Subbaraman, President, LPF who passed away three days ago and many tall leaders of the Central Trade Unions, Federations/Associations, prominent persons in public life, during this Covid-19 period, the farmers who died during the ongoing historic Kisan agitation for last one year, including in the recent Lakhimpur Kheri episode, and those who di