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Jammu, Mar 13: A joint protest rally was taken out by daily wagers of different department including daily rated workers, ITI trained casual labourers, need base workers, ICDS supervisors, Anganwari workers and helpers, from MA stadium to Press Club. Hundreds of workers including women assembled at MA Stadium under the banner of J&K National Trade Union Front (JKNTUF) took out protest rally and after passing through main bazaar the rally culminated at Press Club. The protestors criticized the state government for its step motherly treatment towards irk daily rated, trained casual labours, need base workers, ICDS, Anganwari workers and Helpers who are demanding of regularization policy for all daily rated workers, engaged after 1994 including ITI trained and release of pending wages, removal of pay anomaly of ICDS supervisors at par with Mukhya Savika and release of pending wages of Anganwari and helpers, skilled rate of rupees 225 per day be given to ITI trained workers and rupees 175 per day be given to semi skilled workers as per latest order of labour department. While talking to media persons, Gafoor Dar condemned the delaying policy of the state government which has miserably failed to fulfill the agreement with JCC regarding regularization policy of daily rated workers and others. He stressed upon the state government to settle the genuine demands of these workers otherwise they will force to intensify their agitation. Others who were present during the protest included Yanveer Hussain, Deepak Gupta, Manjeet Singh, Sumit, Ram, Paul, Nek Alam, Joginder Pal, Chandan Singh, Manish Abrol, Ramesh Kumar, Barkat Ali and others.
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