Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 8: Dharmarth Trust employees held protest demonstration at Ranbireshwar Ji Temple Park, followed by dharna, demanding constitution of Shrine Board for all the temple under Dharmarth Trust.
The employees working in different units of the Trust participated in protest dharna. All the employees decided in one voice to intensify the agitation and go on indefinite strike from December 11 if management failed to consider the employees demands. They claimed that protest shall be continue till the demands are met.
The strike was launched under the banner of Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) in support of their genuine long pending demands and against the doctorial/ adamant attitude of the Trust management in which employees from various units of the Trust such as Shri Raghunath ji Mandir, Hari Bhawan Purmandal, Uttar Behani, Birpur Central office Karan Bhawan participated.
The employees alleged that instead of holding talks negotiation to settled the long pending demands of the employees, the Trust management suspended the Association president , general secretary and other office bearer with malafide intensions to harass, victimise and crush the trade union activities. It has created strong resentment, discontentment among low paid employees.