Srinagar, June 27 (KNS): An emergency meeting of Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) was held today in Srinagar under the chairmanship of its President, Fayaz Ahmad Shabnam. The meeting was attended by all the leaders of EJAC as well the heads of departmental organizations. In the meeting, a threadbare discussion was held regarding the regularisation of daily wagers, casual labourers, ITI workers, NHM employees, seasonal workers and various types of temporary workers/employees.
A statement issued to KNS said, it was observed that majority of the daily wagers have been working in the various departments for more than 25 years and are yet to regularized. They are the frontline warriors in every calamity that has befallen over the people of J&K and are working on the same parameters and capabilities as that of regular employees. Despite that they are paid a meagre salary with which they are not able to make their two ends meet and have also reached on the brink of starvation.
In the meeting it was also highlighted that even though the previous governments have made various agreements with the EJAC leadership regarding the regularisation of daily wagers but unfortunately till now no positive result arose in this regard.
In the meeting it was unanimously decided that EJAC will continue to struggle and fight for the genuine rights and demands of daily wagers and other types of casual labourers.
It was also decided that if the government fails to take some immediate and concrete steps regarding the regularisation of daily wagers and other types of casual labourers, EJAC will be compelled to issue a protest program and will come out on streets for their genuine demands.
The first peaceful protest in this regard will be held on 6th of July ,2020 in front of Civil Secretariat on the day offices in Srinagar Secretariat will open.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Manzoor, Mohd. Akbar Khan, Shabir Ahmad Langoo , Farooq Ahmad Khan, Sajad Ahmad Parray, Manzoor Ahmad Pampori, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, Mir Nazir, Mir Fayaz, Shabir Hussain, Ab. Gani Malik, Athar Muzaffar Reshi, Malik Farooq, Bilal Ahmad, Feroz Ahmad, Rouf Ahmad, Abrar Khan, H.S. Pali, Mohd. Abbass, Mohd. Ashraf, Nazir Ahmad, Showkat Ahmad, Firdous Hussain Rather, Mushtaq Sopori, Shabir Ahmad Bhat, Bashir Thokar, Dr. Shahid Hussain, Bashir Ahmed Bhat, Ab. Hameed Ganai, Mohd. Shafi Malik, Javaid Ahmad, Mohd. Hussain Mir, Mushtaq Hussain, Ahmad Salafi, Mohd. Amin Bhat and others. (KNS)