Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, July 9

Members of the Punjab-UT Employees and Pensioners’ Joint Front on Friday organised a pen-own strike and participated in a massive protest in front of the DC office.

The members included employees and pensioners from various schools, departments and government offices. They were led by their respective union leaders who said that they were protesting against the non-fulfilment of their demands related to their promotions, hike in salaries and other issues lying pending for years.

In Nawanshahr, members were led by their leaders, including Kuldeep Singh, Ajay Kumar, Surinder Soeta, Parminder Singh and Surinder Pal, who said the state government had failed to fulfil the promises made to the employees and pensioners, including raising of their scales ahead of the Assembly polls. The members said the school teachers, employees and pensioners would remind the state government of their unfulfilled promises in a mega rally to be held in CM’s town Patiala on July 29.

Members of the Punjab Roadways Union also participated in a massive protest this morning. The buses were not allowed to operate for two hours between 10 am to 12 noon, which led to a lot of harassment. Several hapless passengers had to wait for two hours in the scorching heat for the employees to end their stir and resume transportation services. The protest by the union leaders also caused traffic jam on roads around the bus stand as they had blocked roads in the peripheral area.