{
  "id": 1769050,
  "title": "CITU, AITUC stage separate rallies over workers’ demands",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/citu-aituc-stage-separate-rallies-over-workers-demands",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:08:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/citu-aituc-stage-separate-rallies-over-workers-demands/article71361870.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two trade unions, CITU and AITUC, staged separate rallies in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday, pressuring the State and Central governments to address workers' demands. The CITU-affiliated Visakha Auto Rickshaw Workers’ Union rallied from the Railway Station to Gandhi Park at the GVMC office, alleging that the State government had promised a welfare board for auto drivers, subsidies on petrol and diesel, and implementation of the 'Vahana Mitra scheme' but had not fulfilled these promises two years after the coalition government took office. Additionally, the union accused the police of photographing autorickshaws, imposing heavy fines during enforcement drives against school autos, and handing over RTO functions to private persons. The AITUC, in a separate rally from Jagadamba Junction to the Gandhi statue near the GVMC office, demanded the withdrawal of the four labour codes, a minimum wage of ₹26,000, an eight-hour working day, and regularisation of contract, outsourced, and scheme workers, including anganwadi, ASHA, and mid-day meal staff.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}