People's Democracy

         J&K Workers Place Their Demands

THE Jammu and Kashmir Co-ordination Committee of the Trade Unions (JKCCTU) organised a district conference on July 20 at the town hall in Anantnag. Over 600 delegates, among whom included including 200 Aganwardi workers, attended the conference. The conference was presided over by the JKCCTU district convenor Mohd Afzal while the chairman of Local Body Employees Federation Manan Deva welcomed the delegates.

Mohd Maqbool, president JKCCTU while inaugurating the conference stressed the need to build pressure on the new UPA government in order to make it implement the positive aspects of the Common Minimum Programme. He said that the formation of the UPA government at the centre is a positive development at the centre but cautioned the employees and workers to be vigilant to see that this government does not continue the anti-worker, anti-employee stance of the NDA regime.

Maqbool criticised the Mufti government's anti-working class policies in the state. There has been job freeze and casualisation in government  departments and state public sector units. He demanded the revival of  sick public sector units, merger of 50 per cent DA with basic pay, regularisation of daily wage employees, anganwadi workers and rebari-taleem teachers.

The conference was addressed by veteran trade union leaders Abdul Gani Bhatt, Hassina Sofi, Mohd Ayub, Abdul Rashid and Najer who highlighted the problems of respective departments.

The conference elected 31 member new working committee with Mohd Afzal as president and Mohd Yusf Paray as secretary. (INN)