| One day strike in LIC, work paralyses in offices | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 18: Continuing their struggle to demand conclusive negotiations on wage revision due since 01-08-2017; and also against IPO in LIC, work got totally paralysed in LIC offices as LIC employees observed One Day Strike today on 18-03-2021 under the banner Joint Front of LIC Class-1 Federation, National Federation of Insurance Field Workers of India and All India Insurance Employees' Association in offices of LIC of India across Jammu & Kashmir.
The demonstrations were jointly led by Vijay Khajuria- Secretary Class-1 Federation Srinagar Division, Rakesh Magotra- Secretary National Federation of Insurance Field Workers of India Srinagar Division and Com. Pawan Gupta- Secretary Northern Zone Insurance Employees' Association Srinagar Division.
Speaking on the occasion at D.O.Cell Jammu, the leaders said that LIC employees strongly oppose the proposed privatisation of LIC through the sale of its shares and increase in FDI limit for insurance sector to 74% from 49%.
The privatisation of LIC is an anti-worker, anti-people and anti-social step. Time and again, we workers have found that the privatisation of a PSU has led to hundreds of workers getting thrown out of their jobs. Privatisation has also led to higher and higher use of contract workers who are employed at one-third to one-fourth the wages of regular workers.
Security of policyholders' money deposited in LIC as premium, is most important for people of the country. Equally important is the quick settlement of claims.
Along with privatisation of public sector insurance sector, the Central Government has declared an all out war on all public sector enterprises and wants to hand over the precious assets built with Indian people's money and sweat to private monopolies, both Indian and Foreign. It is only the united struggles of all of us that can stop the Government.
They appreciated the efforts of the members to create awareness among users of insurance services about the ill effects of privatization of LIC. Any government genuinely interested in welfare of the people would sit up and take cognizance of the good work done by insurance employees and harness this tremendous goodwill for ensuring further progress of public sector insurance industry.
Others who participated -Ravi Pandita, Romesh Chand, Rajesh Gupta, Jasbir Singh, Mahesh Abrol, Raj Kumar Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Neelam Sharma, Rajinder Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Karnail Singh Rajesh Kumar, Raj Kumar, Vishal Khajuria, Preet Suri, Shreshtha Sharma, Alkiya Sharma, Nanak Chand, Kishore Lal and others. |
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