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NIT Silchar Muster Roll Workers Hunger Strike Over Regularisation
Some workers at a college in Assam called NIT Silchar have been doing jobs for a very long time, some since 1993.
These workers were hired as temporary 'muster roll' workers.
A high court told the college to give these workers permanent jobs.
But the college has only made 20 out of 122 temporary workers permanent so far.
Many of the remaining workers are upset about this.
So 54 workers decided to go on a hunger strike.
A hunger strike is when people stop eating food to protest.
Their protest is happening outside the main office of the college.
The strike has been going on for three days.
The workers say they will keep striking until they get permanent jobs.
Muster roll workers of NIT Silchar in Assam's Cachar district are on hunger strike demanding regularisation of their services.
The strike, under the banner of the NIT Workers' Union, entered its third day on Wednesday with 54 workers participating.
Protesters cite a Gauhati High Court order directing the institute to regularise muster roll employees and extend permanent staff facilities.
The union says there are 122 muster roll workers, of whom only 20 have been regularised so far; workers say they have been employed since 1993.
The agitation is being held outside NIT Silchar's main administrative office, and protesters say it will continue until their demands are met.
- Who
- Muster roll workers of NIT Silchar, organised under the NIT Workers' Union
- What
- A hunger strike demanding regularisation of temporary services, as directed by a Gauhati High Court order
- Where
- Outside the main administrative office of NIT Silchar in Cachar district, Assam
- When
- Wednesday, August 12 — the third day of the strike
- Why
- Workers want permanent posting and all facilities available to permanent staffers, per the Gauhati High Court order; only 20 of 122 workers have been regularised so far
Key facts
- Institute
- NIT Silchar (National Institute of Technology-Silchar)
- Location
- Cachar district, Assam
- Protesting workers
- 54 under NIT Workers' Union banner
- Total muster roll workers
- 122
- Regularised so far
- 20
- Strike status
- Entered third day on Wednesday, Aug 12
- Demand
- Regularisation of services per Gauhati High Court order
- Workers employed since
- 1993
Quotes
Union leader
Member of the NIT Workers’ Union
“These employees have been working since 1993.”
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Sources
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