Activist of the Joint Action Committee of the National Trade Unions hold a protest in front of BJP Minister Bhagat Chunni Lal's residence in Jalandhar on Sunday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, January 3
The joint action committee of the National Trade Union today organised a massive protest in front of the residence of Punjab Labour Minister Bhagat Chuni Lal against non-fulfillment of their long pending demands.
The union members gathered at Adarsh Nagar Park in the morning, from where they took out a procession towards the minister’s residence.
Addressing the gathering, Union representative Hari Muni Singh said their long-pending demands included fixing the minimum monthly wages of labourers at Rs 15,000, taking attendance of labourers on registers, issuance of attendance cards, issuing blue cards to labourers, providing five marla plot to landless labourers for making houses and strict implementation of labour laws.
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