Jang Group employees are protesting against non-payment of salaries for 3 months
Demonstration of Journalist labor Action Committee in front of Jang Building in Karachi, Slogans against non-provision of salaries and medical facilities and deduction of bonus, This behavior of an organization that earns more than one billion rupees per month with its employees is not only a violation of labor laws but also of human rights.
A protest demonstration was held outside the Jang Building under the Journalist Labor Action Committee in Karachi against non-payment of salaries, non-provision of medical facilities, and stoppage of bonuses in daily Jang, The News, and Javed Press.
A large number of Karachi journalists and workers associated with the newspaper industry participated in the demonstration.
On this occasion, the protestors carried placards and banners with slogans in favor of the demands. On this occasion, the protestors raised slogans against the management of Jang, The News and Javed Press and demanded payment of salaries.
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Faheem Siddiqui, General Secretary of Karachi Union of Journalists and Bureau Chief of Geo News Karachi said, “Don’t tell us that there are no funds because we know that there is no shortage of funds. He said that the organization has stopped the bonuses of the employees.
On this occasion, the speakers said that depriving its employees of salaries and other benefits of an organization that earns more than one billion rupees per month is not only a violation of labor laws but also of human rights.
Speakers said that this attitude of this institution, which talks about freedom of expression, freedom of press, and supremacy of democracy in the country, reflects its double policy. He said that the employees of Jang Group should not only get their salaries on time but also have the right to bonuses and other benefits.
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Journalist Mazdoor Action Committee said that this was a token protest demonstration, if the behavior of the Jang Group administration does not change, the scope of the protest will be widened.
Karamat Ali of Pillar, former Secretary General of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Mazhar Abbas, Obaidullah of APNK, labor leader of Pakistan Steel Mills Mirza Maqsood, General Secretary of Home Based Women Workers Federation Zahra Khan, and others were among those who participated in the demonstration. also addressed.
