The medical and health services were affected after Class-IV employees abstained from their work for three hours on Tuesday. The agitators said that the members will intensify their agitation if their demands are not met by the State Government in the given time frame.
The Class-IV employees under the banner of Class-IV State Employees Union protest at Doon Hospital and abstained from their work for three hours on Tuesday. The agitators will also protest on Wednesday in support of their pending demands.
The agitators also shouted anti-department slogans and lamented that memorandum highlighting their demands was submitted many to department officials but steps are yet to be taken by the department for redressing the grievances of them.
They lamented that promotion has been granted to only those Class-IV employees who are working at medical, health and family welfare directorate. They demanded from the State Government to also equally consider them for promotion and other perks.
Expressing resentment over the biased attitude of the department officials, Nelson Kumar Arora, District president, Class-IV State Employees Union said that union will not tolerate disparity in the department. He said that the agitators are in the mood of decisive show this time and will withdraw their agitation only after their demands are fulfilled by the department.
Arora cleared that the Class-IV employees from different cadre which includes Homeopathy and Ayurveda boycotted the medical and health services in order to support their demands. Among the other few pending demands of the union include different allowances which include risk, food, traveling and timely promotion of the Class-IV.
The agitators cleared that they will withdraw their agitation only when their pending demands would be fulfilled. Malti Bisht, State vice-president, Sanjay Pal, Anil Kumar, Surendra, Subhash, Sunil, Naveen Sharma, etc. were also present.