Resolve long pending demands of coal mine workers: Tarigami

Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) today urged the Jammu and Kashmir government to fulfil their long pending demands.
"The State government should fulfil their long pending demands and resolve the legitimate issues of the Coal mine workers", President, Centre of Indian Trade Unions, J&K(CITU) and MLA, M Y Tarigami said.
Bhartiya Coal Khan Mazdoor Union, Moughla Kalakote held a rally of coal khan workers which was attended by hundreds of people in the area.
With red flags in their hands, the workers raised slogans urging the government to fulfil their long pending demands.
Addressing the rally Tarigami said that the neo-liberal economic policies implemented since 90s have broken the back of the working class and down-trodden people across the country.

"Curtailing subsidies on the pretext of managing fiscal deficit seems absurd as the same dispensation provides incentives to the corporate and business houses in the form of tax foregone/concessions", he said.
He said working inside coal mines is both health hazardous and risky, as such, the government and the management must come forward to fulfil their long pending legitimate and genuine demands which include regularisation of casual labourers working for more than 15 years.
Tarigami also demanded that these workers be brought under the ambit of Skilled Category for payment of wages notified under Minimum Wages Act by the State Government.