LMC union holds demonstration against injustices

LARKANA:The members of Mehnatkash Labour Union of Larkana Municipal Corporation (LMC) took out a rally from their office on Monday which culminated at Jinnah Bagh after marching through various major roads and bazaars where the participants held a protest demonstration.

They were also shouting slogans in favour of their just demands. Their leaders Munwar Sandano, Rasul Bux Shahani, Sham Lal, Asghar Jatoi, Qalandar Bux Shahani, Ghulamullah Hajano, Gianchand, Ali Bux Brohi and others while talking to media persons, said that issues of low paid LMC employees were not being resolved since long which were confronted by them due to which they felt insecure.

The participants said the issues faced by them included denial of promotion to senior employees, corruption in uniforms, award of death and son quota, denial of required facilities to fire brigade employees who perform 24-hours duty, and non-filling of vacant sanitary workers posts.

The protesters alleged that BPS-12 stenographer had been posted by LMC authorities as purchase officer in violation of superior court orders who was also jailed for corruption under NAB cases. They said that two ACR books of the employees had been prepared by the LMC authorities which had ruined their seniority system which should be abandoned.

They said they had been constantly protesting against such injustices but no action had so far been taken against the highhandedness of LMC officers which was highly condemnable the protesters demanded of the Sindh government and its local government minister to take notice of the issues faced by them and dispense justice without further delay.