Correspondent
PASIGHAT, 19 Sep: The East Siang district unit of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, organised a 'National Labour Day and awareness drive' at Engo Takar Dere here in East Siang district on Thursday.
The programme featured dissemination of awareness on various labour welfare schemes and benefits granted under the central and state governments, and distribution of kits among 150 selected labourers.
Addressing the participants, the BMS' East Siang unit president Ajoy Saroh urged the labourers to be aware of their rights and avail of the benefits meant for the welfare of their families.
BMS state general secretary Donik Talin, who attended the programme as a resource person, dwelt on labour-related issues such as enhancement of labour wage, revision of honorarium of casual labourers, age limit of retirement, social security upgrades, fair work condition, payment of allowances, regularisation of back pay resolution, etc.
Pasighat East MLA Tapi Darang, East Siang ZPC Ruth Tabing Boko, Pasighat Municipal Council Chief Councillor Tagom Padung and others, while addressing the gathering, supported the demands of the labour union, saying that labourers are entitled to survive with dignity.
BMS leaders informed that they are all set to move the state's labour commissioner with their pending demands for fair implementation of labour welfare schemes.
Around 300 registered labourers working in different sectors participated in the awareness programme.
