Punjab roadways contractual staff to go on strike from Sept 6
The contractual employees of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Punjab Roadways, and Punbus have announced to go on strike for an indefinite period from September 6.
A member of the outsourced and contractual employees action committee, Inderjit Singh, said that the government had failed to fulfill the promise to bring a policy for regularisation of their services in 2017.
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He further said that “the employees were being exploited as they have no choice but to work on meager wages." Hence, the PRTC, Punjab Roadways, and Punbus workers would go on strike for an indefinite period from September 6.
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Another member of the committee, Sehajpal Singh, said that most of the employees were working on a contractual and outsourcing basis for the past 15 years. However, the government has not been paying any heed to their demands.
The protesters are demanding a stringent check on the transport mafia, implementation of equal work and equal salary and stopping harassment of employees on the pretext of day-to-day reports.
The Punjab government has been facing a series of protests after the implementation of the 6th pay commission in the state.
Not only roadways workers but also doctors, government employees, and contractual teachers have been protesting against the government for not fulfilling the promises that it made in 2017.
-PTC News
