NAKODA/SHAHKOT/NURMAHAL
Work in the offices of sub-divisional magistrates and tehsil offices and other offices in Nakodar and Shahkot sub-divisions and Nurmahal sub-tehsil remained paralyzed on Wednesday, December 13 following the Punjab State Ministerial (DC Office) Employees Union members extending their pen-down strike till December 15 which was started on November 8.
Nakodar unit president Satinder Singh Sonu said that the state body has decided to extend the pen-down strike till December 15 for the issue of notification regarding accepted demands.
Their demands include immediate transfer of arrears of various allowances into their accounts, extension of full pension benefits to those staff members who were recruited after 2004; complete implementation of the rules and proposals of the 6th Pay Commission. They are demanding the revival of the allowances of the ministerial staff, release of the installments of dearness allowance, and rollback of the decision of the state government about giving only basic pay and no allowance to all fresh recruits for the first two years of their service.