ITANAGAR- Thousand of workers and employees participated in a protest march taken out by Arunachal Pradesh Trade Union Federation ( APTUF ) in Itanagar and Pasighat simultaneously on Monday.
In Itanagar, APTUF workers sit on dharna at IG Park were shouting slogan “No Solution No Vote”. The dharna was joined by workers and employees from various parts of the state.
“This protest march is the first step of phase wise protest have announced by APTUF, in support of their 4 points charter of demand”, said Kenkar Yomcha, General Secretary, APTUF.
Their four points demands are
- Enhancement of grade pay of W/C employees including W/C computer operator from Rs. 1900 to Rs. 2400.
- Creation of one time W/C post in every engineering department.
- Exclusion of MTS post from APSSB interviews and examination of various Govt. Departments. And
- Regularisation of Contingency or casual workers who have completed 15 years of service in various Govt. Departments.
The Federation threatened to intensify it’s agitation in future, if the government does not address to the genuine grievances of the workers and labourers community who has been working for decades without job regularisation and pay enhancement.
In future their Protest will be as follows
- on 14th & 15th March’2024. Tools/ pen down all over Arunachal Pradesh
- On 18th to 20th March’2024. Mass Casual Leave
- On 34d and 4th April 2024. Hunger Strike at IG Park in Itanagar. And from 10th April they launch Non-cooperation Movement.
