CITU demands IGMC management to give justice to COVID workers

 IGMC’s sweepers, ward attendants, security personnel, staff nurses, data entry operators, mess cooks and helpers, lab technicians, and other COVID personnel, and 10 security personnel have been fired from their jobs. On the issue of exclusion, hundreds of workers of the labor organization CITU sat on strike inside the office of the IGMC Medical Superintendent and did Gandhigiri and Satyagraha. After this, the workers surrounded the officials inside the IGMC committee room for three hours. During this period, meetings continued between the union, contractors, and IGMC administration. After a three-hour meeting, it was agreed to take back the laid-off Covid workers and security personnel. CITU crossed

War has been declared. CITU has warned that if the fired security personnel and COVID workers do not get justice, the movement will become violent.

CITU State President Vijendra Mehra and Ramakant Mishra have demanded from the IGMC management to give justice to the workers. He said that throwing dozens of COVID warriors out of employment from IGMC is an incident of shame to humanity. He said that firing 10 security personnel is a strangulation of the law of the country. He has called for intensifying the agitation against the firing of workers in IGMC. Himachal Pradesh Outsourced Employees Union State President Virendra Lal, Security Personnel Union President Devraj Bablu, Sanitation Workers Union President Nisha, and General Secretary Sarina said that the black laws of the British era are continuing in IGMC. The hire and fire policy continues here and by flouting the law, dozens of Covid workers and 10 security personnel have been thrown out of their jobs. He said that the decision to fire the workers was illegal. It should be withdrawn immediately. He said that security personnel and COVID workers are being mentally tortured in IGMC. They are being fired from the job after changing the contractor, which is a clear violation of the agreement made by the IGMC management with the union and Section 25H of the Industrial Disputes Act. IGMC management, along with the new contractor, is openly disregarding labor laws.