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TUR starts campaign for bread and roses

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SHILLONG:  The campaign “We must have bread and roses too” was launched by Thma u Rangli Juki (TUR) and other 10 unions on Wednesday.
Addressing reporters at the press club, member of TUR, Angela Rangad said a working people’s charter would be submitted to all political parties.
The charter highlights various demands for which they are seeking commitments from those going into the 2018 electoral battle.
“We will be going to individual political parties to submit the charter,” he said adding that they will start with UDP working president, Bindo Lanong.
Speaking about the campaign, Rangad said the campaign dated back to 1912 in Massachusetts, United States of America that emerged the slogan of “Give us bread and roses too.”
She said that labourers should get their deserved wages and for labourers to be working in improved conditions of work.
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