Ashiq Dev
Jammu :- Trade Union State President Sadat Doolwal demanded release of Pending wages of Daily Rated, daily Wagers Employees before Eid . Besides Daily wagers from Public Health and Engineering Department (PHE) upped their ante against the Authorities on by organising a mass hour strike in Jammu. Several times They also took out massive protest rallies in support of their pending demands. Before many times employees gathered at the divisional headquarters in Jammu and raised slogans. The workers have been demanding the release of their pending salaries and regularisation of the daily wagers and other employees in the state. According to the employees, their salary has been withheld for past 18 months.
In addition to the mass agitation by the workers, Several times PHE daily wagers, including CP workers, ITI-trained and need-based workers have suspended their operations at various pumping and other water supply stations. Daily Wagers / daily Rated/ CP Workers Said “We have only one thing to ask for. Fulfil demands. We can’t live like this. We have a family to run, we are unable to make our ends meet,” said a daily wage worker. The workers have also threatened to paralyse the supply if their demands are not met. “All this while we have been given false assurances, nothing substantial is done to help us out of this. The higher authorities are responsible for not resolving the issues of the PHE daily wagers and others,