Government employees observe strike in Kashmir

September 29th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Thousands of Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) employees on Tuesday afternoon took to streets in Srinagar and staged an anti-Government demonstrations demanding immediate disbursal of their long pending their salaries. The employees along with their families had assembled at Jehangir chowk in Srinagar to proceed towards the civil secretariat, but were stopped by the police, officials said.

August 22nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Normal life across the Kashmir Valley was affected on the second day of a general strike on Saturday. Separatist organizations called for the strike to protest against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement on Kashmir.

August 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Employees of public sector banks across the country went on a two day strike from today to press for their demands, as per the recommendations of the sixth pay commission. Bank employees unions decided to observe nation wide strike after talks with the government and the Indian Bank's Association (IBA) collapsed on Wednesday.

July 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh Roadways employees have gone on strike since this morning. This is the second time in last five days that the employees have gone on strike.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A planned nationwide two-day strike by 15,000 airport employees from Thursday midnight has been called off after the government agreed to discuss their grievances, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said. 'The strike, called by the employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), has been called off,' the official said.

February 17th, 2009 SRINAGAR/JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday gave in to the striking employees' demand for higher salaries and said it will implement the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations. The decision follows talks in Jammu between a five-member team of cabinet members led by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather and 30 representatives of the Joint Coordination Committee of employees.

February 17th, 2009 SRINAGAR/JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday accepted employees' demand for the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, ending a three-day strike in offices. The decision follows talks between a five-member team of cabinet ministers led by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather and 30 members of the Joint Coordination Committee of employees in Jammu.

February 16th, 2009 JAMMU - A five-member cabinet ministers' team led by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather will talk to protesting employees of Jammu and Kashmir, who are on a three-day strike demanding implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, an official spokesman said Tuesday. The strike continued on the second day Tuesday as around 400,000 employees stayed off work, asking for hike in salaries, enhancement of the retirement age from 58 to 60 years and regularisation of services of thousands of temporary employees.

February 15th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Government employees in Jammu and Kashmir who went on a three-day strike beginning Monday have threatened to disrupt essential services if their demand for implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations was not met immediately. Work remained paralysed in all state government offices across the state on the first day of the strike.

February 15th, 2009 JAMMU - More than 450,000 government employees across Jammu and Kashmir Monday began a three-day strike demanding the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the state. Work in the civil secretariat, educational institutions and medical services have came to a complete halt.

February 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR/JAMMU - State government employees Tuesday went on a two-day strike across Jammu and Kashmir, demanding implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations. Work in government offices across the state came to a halt and in winter capital Jammu, even essential services like medical, health care, water supplies and power were affected by the strike.

February 9th, 2009 JAMMU - Work in the government offices of Jammu and Kashmir came to a halt Tuesday after more than 450,000 employees went on a strike demanding implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations. Even essential services like medical, health care, water supplies and power were affected by the strike.

February 8th, 2009 PATNA - A 33-day-old indefinite strike by over 300,000 Bihar government employees ended Monday evening following a Patna High Court order. The end of the strike came as a big relief to the state government as it had badly affected the functioning of the offices and delayed development schemes for over a month.

January 18th, 2009 JAMMU - Government employees in Jammu and Kashmir will strike work Jan 28 to press for the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations in the state this month. About 400,000 government staff, banded under the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), will also launch an agitation if the announcement implementing the pay panel recommendations was not made by the month-end, said EJAC leader Ram Lal Sharma.

January 7th, 2009 PATNA - An indefinite strike by more than 300,000 government employees in Bihar, which entered its second day Thursday, is likely to go on as the state government has taken a tough stand and decided not to concede their demands. The employees went on indefinite strike Wednesday, demanding implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission in 'letter and spirit' after failure of talks with Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the finance portfolio.