GURUGRAM: Scores of labour unions and their employees took to the streets in Gurugram city on Tuesday to protest against the government for now not implementing its promise of minimal wages.
The protesting employees alleged that the government used to be tinkering with the labour regulations and pointed palms at the contemporary scrapping of the pension scheme. The nationwide heath project (NHM), authorised social well being activist (Asha) and anganwadi employees participated in the protests.
Protesters accumulated at Kamla Nehru Park in Gurugram city at 10am on Tuesday. They took out a march at 10.30am and moved against the mini secretariat, volunteering for arrests by policemen.
The protesters stated the transfer used to be part of their "jail bharo andolan". "We volunteered for the arrests," stated Anil, common secretary (Gurugram) for All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), including, "We have the Asha and midday meal programme as well as anganwadi workers with us, today."
The protesters stated that the police arrested them at the mini secretariat and put them in buses headed to the Tau Devi Lal park, which allegedly served as a "makeshift detention centre".
They were arrested in groups of 10-15 and the buses went back and forth between the mini secretariat and the Tau Devi Lal park, stated the protesters.
"We were kept there till 3 pm," Lata, a worker from the government's noon meal programme informed TOI. "The police came, noted down our names and then, let us go."
"The government is meddling with the labour laws and this is unacceptable to us," stated Satvir Singh of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), some of the our bodies that used to be protesting on Tuesday. "They recently shut down the pension scheme and they are restricting the operations of labour unions. The government is also reneging on its commitment to implement the policy of minimum wages of Rs 18,000," added Singh.
Speaking to TOI, sub-divisional magistrate Bharat Bhushan confirmed the sequence of events however stated that the police were overseeing the detentions of the employees and he best visited the spot later.
The protesting employees alleged that the government used to be tinkering with the labour regulations and pointed palms at the contemporary scrapping of the pension scheme. The nationwide heath project (NHM), authorised social well being activist (Asha) and anganwadi employees participated in the protests.
Protesters accumulated at Kamla Nehru Park in Gurugram city at 10am on Tuesday. They took out a march at 10.30am and moved against the mini secretariat, volunteering for arrests by policemen.
The protesters stated the transfer used to be part of their "jail bharo andolan". "We volunteered for the arrests," stated Anil, common secretary (Gurugram) for All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), including, "We have the Asha and midday meal programme as well as anganwadi workers with us, today."
The protesters stated that the police arrested them at the mini secretariat and put them in buses headed to the Tau Devi Lal park, which allegedly served as a "makeshift detention centre".
They were arrested in groups of 10-15 and the buses went back and forth between the mini secretariat and the Tau Devi Lal park, stated the protesters.
"We were kept there till 3 pm," Lata, a worker from the government's noon meal programme informed TOI. "The police came, noted down our names and then, let us go."
"The government is meddling with the labour laws and this is unacceptable to us," stated Satvir Singh of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), some of the our bodies that used to be protesting on Tuesday. "They recently shut down the pension scheme and they are restricting the operations of labour unions. The government is also reneging on its commitment to implement the policy of minimum wages of Rs 18,000," added Singh.
Speaking to TOI, sub-divisional magistrate Bharat Bhushan confirmed the sequence of events however stated that the police were overseeing the detentions of the employees and he best visited the spot later.
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