We've got strike

 For the last 34 years these pictures were common in Kolkata during a strike and a strike meant another lazy day back at home. People would not have dared to get outside their homes if it was called by the then ruling left front alliance led by cpm. With the much hyped 'poriborton' the changed Bengal government is trying to bring about 'changes' one of which is definitely their stand against the strike which they used to call themselves when they were in opposition. They realized their 'mistakes' and is now trying to 'rectify' it

by standing against strikes. Now, what is a strike. A strike may be defined as is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. Now why would the employees refuse to work? Strikes are sometimes used to put pressure on governments/company administrations to change policies to their favor.
The strike tactic has a very long history. Towards the end of the 20th dynasty, under Pharaoh Ramses III in ancient Egypt on 14 November 1152 BC, the artisans of the Royal Necropolis at Deir el-Medina organized the first known strike or workers' uprising in recorded history. The event was reported in detail on a papyrus at the time, which has been preserved, and is currently located in Turin. 3164 years after that incident in a place called India we are about to face another such event. Eleven central trade unions, including INTUC, BMS, CITU, AITUC, UTUC, AIUTUC, HMS, TUCI and NLO will participate in the Feb 28 general shut-down, demanding steps for controlling the rise in prices of essential commodities and creation of more employment opportunities. Now, can a strike control price rise? can a shut down create job opportunities? This politics of shutdown and strikes have crippled the state for the last 35 years we have seen. Now some people will say the employees have the right to strike, fine, In the same way it can be said a person with severe illness/injuries/in an emergency situation has the right to be taken to the hospital (we have seen ambulances facing problems during a strike), a traveler/tourist has the right to get out of the airport/railway station and reach their destination after a long and tiring journey, even an employee has the right to stand against a strike (It firms were under attack previously), not to mention the loss incured during such a strike. So should we still stick to the strikes or try to find a better alternative? Well , you be the judge.