AICCTU and the Delhi State Valmiki Mazdoor Sangh held an Ekta rally on 11 April in support of the ongoing hartal for demands of- (i) payment of past 4 months’ arrears to Delhi municipal workers, (ii) ending of the contractual system, and (iii) all temporary workers to be regularized. The rally started at Vijay Chowk in Narela and culminated in a dharna and a meeting at the Delhi Municipal Corporation regional office at Narela.
Addressing the rally, AICCTU leader Com. Satbir Shramik said that privatization and corruption are the chief reasons for the dire plight of the Delhi municipal corporation workers. The dharna was also addressed by Com. Rohtas Bharti and Shri Pradhan, President of the Delhi Jal Board Sewer Workers’ Union.
Condemning the BJP’s anti-worker policy, Raj Singh Sathi (General Secretary, Delhi state Valmiki Mazdoor Sangh) who has been sitting on a dharna for the past one week, called for the fight against this injustice to continue till the end, and appreciated the solidarity shown by AICCTU with the sanitation workers
