Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 11: A delegate convention under the banner of Jammu Kashmir Co-ordination Committee of Trade Unions was held today at Forest Convention Centre Jammu which was attended by a large number of delegates representing Govt, Public and Unorganized sector employees and workers.
The convention was presided over by Mohd Maqbool National Secretary AISGEC and president JKCCTU.
While inaugurating the convention here today Maqbool said the entire working class and all the down trodden masses are facing a serious challenge posed by the Central Govt’s most dangerous anti working class policies. The recent disastrous moves of the Central Govt to impose the four Labour Codes at the behest of Corporates and Capitalist class, by passing the existing 29 Labour rights has created an alarming situation.
He said that the new labour codes have endangered the social and job security, trade union rights giving free hand to employers both Govt and the capitalist class to hire and fire, initiate fixed term employment and dismantle all the present arrangement of bargaining power of work force. The Electricity amendment Bill 2025 if passed will ruin the power sector and facilitate the complete privatization in favour of big corporates and put the huge burden on the poor consumers.
“We are facing complete suppression of democratic and trade union rights despite the democratically elected Govt in Jammu and Kashmir and restoration of statehood even promised by the Central Govt still becomes a dream. The present Omar Abdullah Govt seems unable to address the employees and workers issues like regularization of daily wagers and restoration of old pension scheme,” he added.
While appreciating the initiative of Central Trade unions like AITUC and AISGEC, he fully supported their national level strike programme on February 12, 2026 and urged all the employees and workers of Jammu and Kashmir to observe strike and fight these anti- working moves with full might.
Dr Shashi Pal Singh, general secretary JKCCTU put up the main resolution for discussion in the convention on burning demands before the delegates and explained its main features which was passed after discussion unanimously.
Gurmeet Singh Provincial president highlighted the general demands facing the employees today, particularly referred to the anti-people, anti-worker issues. Many other trade union leaders addressed the convention.
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