The ongoing two-day strike has showed that the onslaught of economic policies has forced different trade unions to sink their political and ideological differences, and work together.

Almost all major trade unions, including Congress-backed Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and BJP-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, are participating in the ongoing strike.

Several trade union leaders have described this cooperation among different unions as a remarkable landmark in the Indian labour movement.

Sanjeeva Reddy, a leader of INTUC, said that government's apathy towards people's economic problems have forced different unions to overlook their ideological differences and political affiliations. Reddy is the chairperson of the coordination committee for the ongoing strike.

Speaking on the topic, Reddy said, "Today, it [the government] gives more weightage to industrialists and is after investments. This has compelled all of us to come together."

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh's Ramakrishna Poonja also said that the trade union movement previously suffered due because some of the unions acted like political agents of certain parties. He termed the unions' affiliations with political parties as the biggest mistake they made along the way.

In the ongoing strike, all trade unions have tabled a common list of demands, which includes hiking minimum wage level to Rs 10,000 a month, expansion of the social security net, and abolition of contract labour.