In a step which would escalate their month long protest, the outsourced employees of Uttarakhand Purva Sainik Nigam Limited (UPNL) will gherao the chief minister’s residence on March 25. According to the union members, no initiative has been taken by the chief minister despite their continuous efforts to have dialogue with the state government for about a month.
The president of the UPNL Employees Union, Kushagra Joshi said that the union wants the government to consider some basic demands like equal pay for equal work as per Uttarakhand High Court direction among others. He said that the government probably believes that avoiding the protesting employees would discourage the protestors and force them to return to their jobs but the protest will continue till all the demands of the union are met. Joshi asserted that the union members recently met the minister of the Soldiers Welfare department, Ganesh Joshi too but nothing was concluded in that meeting. Due to this, the protestors decided to escalate their protest by marching to the CM residence on Thursday, said Joshi.
Thursday, 25 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
