State Employees' Joint Council, Uttarakhand, members continued their strike on Wednesday and have maintained that the strike will continue till the Government issues GOs to meet their demands. Though Government orders have been issued to meet eight of their demands, the protesting employees are demanding GOs to meet all their demands.
Responding to the Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar's assurance that these will be issued by October 25, they have maintained that they will end their strike after these orders are issued. The council members are on strike in support of their demands related to pay, promotion and other job related issues. On Wednesday, various employees gathered at the Parade Ground seeking swift action for meeting their demands. The council president Prahlad Singh said that the strike would go on until their demands were met and GOs were issued in this regard.
According to the protesters, responding to their plan to rally to the Congress Bhawan in Dehradun, the PCC president Yashpal Arya stated that he will personally meet the employees and will hear their problems and definitely work on them. Chief Secretary Subhash Kumar stated that the Government has met eight of their demands and the remaining would be met after obtaining approval from the State Cabinet.
He has appealed to the employees to end the strike and resume work as the demanded GO will be issued on
October 25 and in case any issue is not redressed, it will be on October 30.