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Workers in various places waved red flags and picketed outside government offices, blocked trains and roads with burning tyres and shouted slogans against the government.
Trade unions backed by communist parties and the main opposition party a government decision to raise minimum wages for unskilled workers.
But did not go far enough and there was no social security or pensions for millions who were outside the organized sector.
Transport services were disrupted across India on Friday and state-run banks and insurance companies were shut as more than a million workers went on a strike, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pursuing anti-labor policies.
The workers are also opposed to the Modi government's decision to open up the railways and defence sectors to greater foreign direct investment, which they say is a way to undermine state firms.
We have been putting forward our demands for the last five years. But over the last year no minister has even met the trade unions said general secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
One of 10 groups boasting a combined membership of 180 million workers that called the strike.
Since the Modi government took office in 2014, it has taken a series of incremental steps to make labour laws less for businesses and attract foreign investment.
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