PSU employees demonstrate, extend support to JCC strike

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 16: All Public Sector Employees and Workers Federation (APSEWF) staged a demonstration in support of their long pending demands in front of Divisional Commissioner’s Office at Rail Head Complex here today.
Addressing the demonstrators the leaders of APSEWF and Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of the employees criticized the State Government for its callous and indifferent attitude towards the PSU employees and urged it to fulfill all the just and genuine demands of the employees without further delay.
The PSU leaders while justifying tomorrow’s employees strike announced by JCC in support of the long pending demands of PSU and Government employees extended full support to it.
The employees are demanding regularization of daily wagers and Contractual employees in PSUs, enhancement of retirement age to 60 years, payment of 6th Pay Commission arrears in favour of PSU employees on the analogy of Government employees, implementation of 6th Pay Commission and conversion of COLA into DA in the left over PSUs, release of timely salaries to all PSU employees, implementation of Gratuity Act in toto with raising of gratuity amount up to Rs 10 lakh, revival of PSUs by enhancing budgetary support in their favour, pensionery benefits for PSUs, payment of VRS terminal benefits to the PSU employees who have opted for VRS in the light of the recent Government orders/ modifications and removal of grade anomalies of PSU employees.
The demonstration was held under the chairmanship of Joginder Paul , S Amrik Singh Sasan and Kuldip Sharma, chairman, president and general secretary of the Federation respectively.
The JCC leaders who addressed the demonstration included Ram Kumar Sharma, Mohammed Gafoor Dar, Balwan Singh and Ganesh Khajuria. They assured full support and solidarity to the PSU employees in their present struggle.