Tens of millions of public sector workers shut down parts of the Indian economy to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic plans on Friday. But that’s probably news to you.
This is about Prime Minister Modi’s push for increased foreign investment and privatization of some state-run industries. Unions fear these policies will undermine both wages and employment.
And iur news media thinks it’s not newsworthy of course. Or, perhaps we are on the side of the corporations on this issue, genes why it’s not “newsworthy?”
Source: Indians Staged One of the Largest Strikes in History, But No One on U.S. Cable News Covered It