ESI employees, lab technicians go on strike

Amritsar, December 27

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The Employees State Insurance (ESI) employees and laboratory technicians from the district began an indefinite strike to protest against the state government seeking fulfillment of their demands.

The ESI Employees Federation president Ashok Sharma said the allowances such as fixed travel allowance, diet allowance and uniform allowance earlier given to the employees have been withdrawn. He said the protest would continue till these were restored. Medical Laboratory Association leader Jatin Sharma said they had boycotted all services till their demands were accepted. He said lab technicians had many long-pending issues which have not been resolved for long. — TNS