Verka workers continue sit-in protest, demand service rule changes

Workers of the Verka Milkfed and Milk Plant Workers Union continued their protest on Day 4 on Friday. The protesters held a sit-in dharna outside the Milkfed head office in Sector 34, Chandigarh.

They kept the gate of the head office closed in protest against the delay in changing of service rules of Milkfed employees.

They raised slogans against the Registrar Cooperative Societies, Punjab.

Satwant Singh, president of the Milkfed and Milk Plant Workers Union, said that higher authorities are deliberately delaying the changes to service rules and salary increases for workers.

The union workers also demanded the cancellation of the CTC service rule from Milkfed.

"The Milkfed Board rejected these rules and sent the file to the Registrar Cooperative Societies Punjab for approval, but for the past year, this file has been gathering dust in the office of the Registrar Cooperative Societies Punjab.

Last week, Harpal Singh Cheema, Finance Minister of Punjab, also made an announcement, but this announcement seems to be futile," said the protesters. The workers said their strike would continue until they receive their regular salaries and that they would soon begin a hunger strike.