Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Nov 3: Former Minister and JKPCC general secretary Manjit Singh today joined protest demonstration of the over 150 labourers against the management of Sudhir Gen Sets at the industrial area.
Leading the demonstration, Manjit Singh said that the protesters have been protesting against the management of the industrial unit because their salaries have not been given.
“These labourers have been protesting since last month in support of their demands. The management has not given heed citing various reasons but the Labour Departments of the Government has also turned blind eyes towards the exploitation of the workers in industrial areas of Bari Brahmana, Samba, and Kathua,” said Manjit Singh.
Expressing serious concern over the exploitation of the labour class, former Minister said that after demonetization and implementation of Goods and Service Tax, the industrial sector has been badly affected leading to the ouster of employees.
Instead of generating employment opportunities, he said, the industrial sectors have failed to provide jobs to the unemployed local youth and even present Industries Minister Chander Prakash Ganga is also not concerned over the growing unemployment.
“When I was MoS Labour in the State, I had ensured that industrial sectors must engaged 90 percent of local workers of Jammu and only 10 percent of non-locals given jobs in the industries so that the locals could get more opportunities,” he said.
He said that Government must ensure more employment opportunities to the locals in comparison to the non-locals but this is not happening on ground.
Instead of providing them permanent jobs, he alleged that workers or labourers are engaged in the industrial sector though the contractors and such workers have no rights as worker in any of the place they are working in as employee.
He warned the Government to shun the attitude of negligence and adopt a people friendly policy towards the weaker section in industries sector of Jammu division.
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