Thiruvananthapuram: Normal life in Kerala is likely to be disrupted on August 6 due to the 24-hour-strike, called by the Joint Council of Trade Unions in protest against the 'anti-labour' policies of the central and state governments.

Unions owing allegiance to the Left parties and pro-'sangh parivar' Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh are participating in the strike. Pro-Left Democratic Front (LDF) employees and teachers' organisations have also extended their support to the agitation.

While transport unions are joining the strike, hospitals, media, milk and water supply had been exempted, the union joint council said.

The state government has made it clear that dies non-would be slapped on employees participating in the strike.

In a joint statement, 13 trade unions urged the workforce to support the strike, called to resist the 'anti-labour' policies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the centre and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government in the state.

While the centre was privatising public sector companies like fact in the state, the UDF government was moving in the same direction, enforcing measures dictated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the unions alleged.

The joint council includes CITU, AITUC, BMS, UTUC, UTUC (Lenin Sarani), HMS and other state-level unions.

PTI