Patiala 01 May- Fourth class employees and pensioners of government and semi-government institutions held a simple but impressive gathering at the union's district office New Power House Colony in memory of the great martyrs of Chicago of 1886, paid tribute to them, and saluted them by hoisting the red flag on this occasion. On this occasion, the leaders gathered alleged that the central government and the Punjab government are colluding to end the trade union movement, recently the central government has twisted the labor laws and converted them into five labor codes.
In Punjab, the minimum wage is not going to be paid to the workers according to the inflation figures, which today is Rs. 35000/- minimum. Contract, work charge, daily wage and outsourced employees who have been working in government and semi-government departments for a long time are not being regularized. On this occasion, it was announced that the local government is neglecting the sanitation workers and sewermen in the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, and Municipal Council. A massive protest will be held at Van Bhawan Mohali on May 14 regarding this issue.
The leaders who were present included Darshan Singh Lubana, Baljinder Singh, Jagmohan Nolakha, Ram Lal Rama, Shiv Charan, Pritam Chand, Bikramjit Singh, Balvir Chand, Bansi Lal, Babu Ram Babbu, Vijay Sangar, Suraj Yadav, Ram Prasad, Mod Nath, Sohan Singh, Sunil Dutt, Parkash Singh Lubana, Tarlochan Gir, Inderpal Walia, Chandra Bhan, Hardeep Singh, Nisha Rani, Meenu Rani, Amrik Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Makhan Singh, Ram Yodha, Jaspal Singh, Gautam Bhardwaj, Gurdarshan Singh, Lakhvir Singh, Swaran Singh Banga, Rajesh Golu, Dharminder Singh, Ram Kishan, Saty Narayan Goni, etc.