A group of central trade unions has called for a statewide strike on March 28 and 29 to protest government policies that harm workers, farmers, and the general public. A meeting of the Joint Platform of central trade unions was held in Delhi on March 22, 2022, to assess preparations in various states and sectors for the proposed two-day all-India strike on March 28-29, 2022, against the central government's "anti-worker, anti-farmer, anti-people, and anti-national policies," according to a statement.

Despite the approaching danger of ESMA, roadways, transportation workers, and electrical workers have decided to join the strike, according to the statement (Haryana and Chandigarh, respectively). It added that financial industries, such as banking and insurance, are joining the walkout.

Unions in industries such as coal, steel, oil, telecom, postal, income tax, copper, banks, and insurance, among others, have issued strike letters, according to the report. It indicated that unions in the trains and defence sectors would mobilise in favour of the strike in hundreds of locations.

The meeting noted that, emboldened by the results of the recent state elections, the BJP government at the centre has intensified its attacks on the working class, lowering the interest rate on EPF accumulations to 8.1 percent from 8.5 percent, imposing sudden increases in petrol, LPG, kerosene, CNG, and taking steps to implement their monetization programme (PSU land bundles) but being held back only by the worsening inflation and crashing rupee.

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