Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 14: Employees Joint Action Committee today held a peaceful protest outside the Civil Secretariat here to press for the various demands of the employees working in various Government departments across J&K.
As per a hand-out issued here, the protest was organized to press for the regularization of daily wagers and all types of temporary workers across departments.
The protestors were carrying banners seeking the fulfilment of demands of the employees. The protest was led by the EJAC President Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam.
The organizers highlighted the plight of the daily wagers and all types of temporary workers who have been in various departments for more than 25 years on meagre salaries which is not sufficient for them.
“The daily wagers are the frontline workers in every calamity and are working on the same parameters and capabilities as that of regular employees and to regularize them is not only the obligation of the Government but also the genuine right of the daily wagers,” the protestors said.
It was also put forth that regularization of the daily wagers is not a new agenda of the association but it has been there for decades.
“The previous Governments have time and again made agreements with the EJAC leadership regarding the regularization of daily wagers but till now, nothing has come out of it,” the hand-out said.
Also the daily wagers and all types of temporary workers have been continuously given a cold shoulder by the government which has forced the EJAC to come out on streets and protest for their rights.
“Furthermore, the Government has issued orders for the recruitment of various class IV posts which is a welcome step, but it would be necessary to take the issues of the daily wagers and all types of workers into consideration and initiate steps to regularize them first. It will be ironic that in this new recruitment both the father and son will have to apply for the same post in case of daily wagers and all types of temporary workers,” the President said.
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