Chandigarh, June 16
The Cabinet Sub-Committee, led by Punjab Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema, on Monday held extensive discussions with approximately a dozen employee organizations, addressing their demands and concerns. The committee directed concerned departments to expedite necessary actions to resolve legitimate issues in a time-bound manner.
The four-hour-long meetings, held at the Finance Minister’s office in the Punjab Civil Secretariat, witnessed Cabinet Ministers Harpal Singh Cheema, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, and Dr. Ravjot Singh engaging in productive brainstorming sessions with representatives from various unions.
The employee organizations that participated in the meeting included the Computer Adhyapak Sangharsh Committee, Centre of Trade Union, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan/Mid Day Meal Daftari Karamchari Union, P.S. TET Pass D.P.E. Union, Berozgar P.S. TET Art and Craft Sangharsh Union, Democratic Teachers Front, Adarsh School Teaching and Non-Teaching Mulazam Union, PowerCom Transco Outsource Worker Union, Maanbhata Worker Sanjha Morcha, Punjab State Ministerial Service Union, and Joint Action Committee of Vets for Pay Parity.
During the meeting, the Cabinet Sub-Committee discussed in detail the points included in the demand letters submitted by the union leaders. Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema directed the concerned departments to expedite necessary action to resolve the legitimate demands of the employees. He directed the Principal Secretary of the Animal Husbandry Department, Rahul Bhandari, the Secretary of Expenditure, V.N. Zade, the Secretary of Transport, Varun Roojam, the Secretary of Personnel, Gurpreet Kaur Sapra, and the Secretary of Education, Anindita Mitra, to take action in a time-bound manner to address the legitimate demands related to their respective departments.
The Finance Minister assured the employee organizations that their demands would be considered sympathetically and that efforts would be made to resolve them in a fair and timely manner. He reiterated the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab government’s commitment to addressing the concerns of its employees and ensuring their welfare through constructive dialogue and timely action.
The meeting was attended by several union members, including Jolly Singla, Kuldeep Singh, Kulwinder Singh from Computer Adhyapak Sangharsh Committee, Dev Raj Verma, Makhan Singh, Jasmer Kaur from Centre of Trade Union, Rajinder Singh, Parveen Sharma, Jagmohan Singh from Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan/Mid Day Meal Daftari Karamchari Union, Ramanpreet Singh, Malkiat Singh, Hardeep Singh from P.S. TET Pass D.P.E. Union, Rakesh Kumar, Harbans Singh, Kirandeep Kaur from Berojgar P.S. TET Pass Art & Craft Sangharsh Union, Vikram Dev Singh, Mahinder Kumar, Dr. Tina from Democratic Teachers Front, Jasbir Singh, Amarjot Joshi, Sukhdeep Kaur from Adarsh School Teaching Te Non-Teaching Mulazam Union, Harvinder Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Mandeep Kaur from Powercom Transco Outsourced Worker Union, Mamta Sharma, Mandeep Kaur, Shakuntla Sharma from Maanbhata Worker Sanjha Morcha, Gurnam Singh Virk, Tarsem Singh, Anuj Kumarfrom Punjab State Ministerial Service Union, Dr. Jatinder Singh, Dr. Puneet, Dr. Jasleen Kaur from Joint Action Committee of Vets for Pay Parity, and Harminder Singh from Punjab Roadways State Transport Workers Union.
