STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Government work remain suspended on Wednesday as all daily wagers employees of Estates Department went on strike and held a strong protest demanding their regularization in service. A large number of daily wagers employees assembled in the front of the Office of the Executive Engineer Estates Division Jammu and shouted slogans against the higher authorities for Estates Department for not regularizing the service of daily wagers who have rendered more than 25 years and above service day and night for the welfare of Estates Department.
They are also demanding implementation of Minimum Wages Act in the UT of J&K as announced by the Home Minister of India in his resent visit in Jammu & Kashmir UT.
The other demands which were highlights by the representative the Daily Wagers Union were regularization of service of daily rated workers, implementation of Minimum Wage Act and release grade in favour of all helpers working as plumbers, pump-operators, electrocutions, carpenters, masons, painters etc.
Yash Paul Sharma Senior leader of Co-ordination Committee of Estates Department Employees Union warned the administration of Estates Department immediately hold talks with the striking daily wagers employees who are on 72 hours strike as all type of complaints of allotees are not being attended of the daily rated workers of the department and the alloties of Estates Department colonies are facing difficulties due to strike. He also warned the administration of Estates Department if demands of the daily wagers and other are not concerned well in time, the regular employees of Estates Department have no other option left except to suspend government work in their support as the regular employees of Estates Department are also facing stagnation financial losses for not implementation of the demand for which they are demanding since long times.
Those who addressed the employees include Parshotam Kumar (President), Kuldeep Raj (Sr. Leader), Muktiyar Ahmed (ViCe President), Yash Paul Singh (Chairman), Kewal Krishan (General Secretary), Manish (Speaker), Amit Sharma (Cashier), Ajay, Raju Patti, Bittu, Ashok, Ramesh, Bimla Devi, Rattno Devi, Tara Meri, Rakhi Devi, Vicky Dogra and Suresh.