EJAC, PSEWF join hands, resolve to launch collective struggle

EJAC leader Qayoom Wani, flanked by PSEWF leaders Haji Bashir and Wajahat Hussain addressing press conference in Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh
EJAC leader Qayoom Wani, flanked by PSEWF leaders Haji Bashir and Wajahat Hussain addressing press conference in Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 4: The Jammu and Kashmir State Public Sector Employees & Workers Federation (PSEWF), a body of 15 State Public Sector Undertakings  and Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) led by Qayoom Wani today joined hands and came on single platform and resolved to launch joint collective struggle for the employees cause.
While addressing a joint press conference president of  EJAC, Abdul Qayoom Wani  and Wajahat Hussain, president PSEWF said that an honest beginning has been made to forge unity among the employees. It is hoped that others will also take cue from this attempt and join hands to come on  single platform for the common cause of the over 4.5 lakh employees of the State working in various Government departments and Public Sector Undertakings. This is the need of the hour to get united and exert pressure on the Government for the resolution of their pending issues, they added.
Mr Wajahat declared that  all the members of his Federation have decided to join hands with the EJAC led by Mr Wani and also accorded full support to the protest programme outside Raj Bhawan on February 13 in support of ReTs and SSA teachers. Many organizations have already accorded support to this proposed protest programme against the Government. He also appealed other employees’ bodies to shun ego and come forward for forging unity among the employees.
Mr Wani alleged that Government has failed to mitigate the pending demands of the employees and workers. He demanded that  all type of  temporary/ daily rated/ consolidated  workers be regularized by framing a definite recruitment policy,  pay anomalies of the clerical cadre be removed,  6 %  DA installment  be released, Medical allowance be enhanced from Rs 300  to Rs 2000 per month besides addressing other pending issues of the employees.
Chairman of the PSEWF, Haji Bashir Ahmed, Paramjeet Singh general secretary, Ganesh Khajuria  provincial president EJAC-Q also spoke on the occasion.