Forest Dept staff demand 3-month salary

Employees of the Forest Department working in the field, in a state-level meeting organised at Harike here on Thursday, strongly condemned the state government for not releasing their salary for the last three months. They announced to lodge a strong protest in Ludhaina on June 17 in the run-up to the by-election to the Ludhiana West constituency.

The district-level officer-bearers of the Janglat Workers’ Union, Punjab, from across the state participated in the meeting held under the presidency of Amreek Singh Garshankar, state president of the union.

Jasveer Singh Sheera, state general secretary, and Jaswinder Singh Sauja, state secretary, were among others who addressed the gathering on the occasion. The leaders condemned the state government for not releasing their salary for the last three months as a result of which they were facing great hardships.

The leaders said in its three-year rule, the state government did not accept even a single demand of the employees, though representatives of the union held meetings with the ministers. They laid stress on the regularisation of the daily wage employees. The employees raised slogans against the apathetic attitude of state government towards their genuine demands.