Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 16: Clerical cadre employees of various Government departments and Public Sector Undertakings went on two days’ pen down strike across the region today.
On the call given by Jammu Kashmir Ladakh All Departments Clerical Staff Association, the employees under the leadership of Bharat Bhushan, Babu Hussain, KA Diwani, Ashok Singh, Yash Paul Sharma, Javed Akhoon, Seva Ram Rathore, Farida Bano and others observed complete strike today in their respective offices. They were demanding that their log pending demands be fulfilled by the Government without any more delay.
With the strike of these employees, the normal work in many Government and Corporation offices was affected today. At many offices, the employees held gate demonstrations followed by dharna. The employees leaders also visited many offices in Jammu city and addressed the gathering. They appealed to the employees to remain united for their common cause. They said if needed, the Association would intensify its agitation in near future. They appealed to the employees to assemble at Press Club at around 11 AM to hold massive protest demonstration/ rally tomorrow. Such protests and dharnas were also held at various district and tehsil headquarters.
The major demands of these employees included, removal of anomalies in the pay grades of clerical cadre employees, reorganization of the cadre, conduct of DPC twice a year, enhancement of medical allowance of the employees and pensioners and implementation of 7th Pay Commission report.
These trade union leaders appealed to the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Dy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh to personally intervene into the matter and address the long pending issues of the clerical cadre employees.
The other prominent trade unionists accompanying Babu Hussain and Bharat Bhushan included Vishav Bandhu, Jaswant Singh, Meenakshi Sharma, Arun Sharma, Lekh Raj, Vikas Chander, Munish Sharma, Ansuya Gupta, Vikas Sharma, Kapil Gupta, Om Parkash, B B Kotwal, Sandeep Singh, Naresh Sharma and Udhay Singh Pathania.
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