Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 23: As part of nationwide protests against the aggressive moves of the BJP Government to suppress and alter labour rights legislations, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) held protests across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
The protest was held at Press Enclave here while maintaining social distancing norms.
While demanding immediate halt to changes in labour laws, Abdul Rashid Najar CITU.
The protesters demanded free universal healthcare for all, 10-kg free food grains per person per month to all needy for 6 months, Rs 7500 per month for all non tax- paying families for next six months or unemployment allowance.
Besides, they also demanded enacting and implementing urban employment guarantee, the Ordinances/executive orders on Essential Commodities, Farm Trade, Electricity Act and Labour Laws’, EIA and National Digital Health Mission, withdrawal of NEP 2020, no Privatisation of PSEs and Services.
They also demanded safety gear and PPEs to all front line workers on COVID 19 duty, Rs 50 lakhs insurance, risk allowance, implementation of the recommendations of 45th and 46th ILC for regularization of scheme workers as workers, pay Minimum wages Rs 21000 per month and pension Rs 10000 per month, withdrawal of the proposals for privatization of basic services such as electricity, health (including hospitals), nutrition (including ICDS and MDMS) and education, stopping privatisation of PSEs and Services.
The other demands include increase in the budget allocation for Central Schemes, no increase in working hours from 8 to 12 hours, urgent measures for containing price-rise through universalisation of public distribution system and banning speculative trade in commodity market.
The protest demonstration was addressed by Misra, Rifat, Mubeena, Dilsha, Rafiqi, leaders of ASHA Workers Union, Mehooba, Misra, Lateefa, leaders of Anganwadi Worker Union, Abdul Rashid Pandit, Bashir Ahmad Bashir leaders of Construction Workers Union, Mohamad Iqbal of Non-Gazeetted PDD Employees Union and Shabir Ahmad Bhat and Myser Hamid leaders of Social Forestry Union, Pulwama.
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