AICCTU organized a symposium of ideas on 21 February at Leela Park, Swarup Nagar, Kanpur and demanded that the unjust sentence of double life imprisonment on the 8 Pricol workers should be revoked and they should be released. Several workers’ organizations participated in the symposium which was presided over by Com. Hari Singh and the proceedings were conducted by Com. S.A.M. Zaidi. The speakers condemned the anti-worker policies of the Central and State governments and called upon workers to organize themselves and put up a united fight to oppose these policies.