Jammu:
Over 4.5 lakh Jammu and Kashmir government employees will observe a day-long strike across the state on May 8 and
gherao the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on May 9, to demand increasing the retirement age from 58 to 60 years and regularisation of contractual employees among others.
"The government on March 31 had agreed to fulfill our demands but it failed to keep its words. So, over 4.5 lakh government employees will observe a strike on May 8 and gherao the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar on May 9 to press for their demands," Joint Consultative Committee of Employees Associations (JCCEA) leader Ram Kumar Sharma told reporters today.
The strike would see members of the JCCEA, which is supported by several associations, federations and forum of government departments, PSUs and corporations.
The associations are also demanding the payment of pending sixth pay commission arrears, regularisation of daily wagers and contractual employees among others.