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"The strike is to protest against the economic policies of the government, against liberalisation and globalisation which is affecting labour and the poor of the country, " said Tapan Sen, National Secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
Ms Cheong, formerly an assistant director in the membership department of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) - the trade union centre in Singapore, was sacked on Monday morning.