JAMMU: Various trade unions on Monday unanimously constituted a joint united platform under the name and style ‘J&K Government Employees, Casual Labours, Workers and Pensioners United Platform (JKGECWPUP).
This was decided at a day-long joint session of various trade unions held here under the presidium of Mohammad Gafoor Dar, Kulwant Singh, Comrade Hari Singh, Veteran trade union leader Shiv Kumar Sharma, P.C Rajinder Kumar, Nazir Ahmed Molvi, Shakti Gupta, Raj Singh, Shahid Hussain, Subash Chander and Shesh Kumar.
The trade union who participated in the session include J&K National Trade Union Front, J&K Employees and Workers Federation, Indian National Trade Union, J&K State Teachers association, J&K ITI Employees United Front, JDA Employees Workers Union, All Jammu Province Casual / Need Based Workers Union Power Development Department (PDD), All J&K PHE ITI and CP Workers Association, Floriculture Casual Labour Union, Command Area Employees Union, J&K Social Forestry Employees Union, Library Employees Union, J&K Sports Council Employees Union, J&K Cultural Academy Employees Union, J&K Legal Metrology Association, J&K Govt School officers association , Jammu Wild Life Employees Union, Casual Labour Union of Health and Medical Education Department and PWD Casual Labour Union.
While speaking to media persons, Mohammad Gafoor Dar declared that on 8th November a protest will be organized in front of Divisional Commissioner Office, Panama Chowk, Jammu, to focus the attention of State Government towards the burning issue of regularization policy for 60,000 causal labours of various departments and implementation of Seventh Pay Commission to the State Government employees and workers of the State. The trade union unanimously elected Gafoor Dar as Convener, Kulwant Singh as Secretary and Shiv Kumar Sharma as Finance Secretary of the United Platform.