The Odisha Karmachari Sangram Samiti on Wednesday said it would orgaise a mass demonstration at the lower PMG here on August 30, 2017 to press for implementation of various demands, including early execution of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations and regularisaiton of contractual workers.
Addressing a Press meet here, Samiti secretary general Prabhat Mohanty and president Madhu Mallick alleged that State Government employees have been deprived of various legitimate rights during the last 17 years.
“The Union Government, the Gujarat Government and many other State Governments have already been paying salary to their employees as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. However, the Odisha Government has formed a fitment committee and is delaying implementation of the recommendations knowingly,” they alleged.
They alleged that unemployment has been acute as lakhs of sanctioned posts are lying vacant in different offices. “Though contractual workers, DlR and NMRs have been serving over 20 years, the Government is yet to regularise them. Similarly, the Government has betrayed highly educated youths by appointing them as Data Entry Operators in different offices,” they alleged.
The other demands include regularization of jobs of the employees appointed through private agencies, stopping of appointment of retired employees over 65 years of age and creation of jobs for educated youths.
Besides, the Government has not regularised 1,102 Kendu-leaf seasonal workers for years. These apart, lakhs of teachers and corporation employees are living miserable life awaiting job regularization and adequate salary.
Among others, Natabar Acharya, Mihir Jena, Prashant Patnaik, Jagannath Mishra, Saroj Mallick, Subhendu Routray, Upendra Pati Rashmi Padhi, Prabhat Parida, Ashok Das and Satya Sahu were present.