Benefits for media employees : Implement guidelines of Majithia wage board
Guwahati:, May 15, 2016:
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while maintaining its demand
for all due benefits to media employees including the journalists
in accordance with the guidelines of Majithia wage board,
urged the managements of media houses in the region to implement the
latest wage board recommendations to show respect to the apex court of
the country.
It may be mentioned that barring the Assam Tribune group of
publications, no media house in northeast India has so far implemented
the Majithia wage board recommendations even though the Supreme Court
of India had asked every newspaper (and news agency) management in the
country to offer benefits to their employees following the new wage
board directives.
“Lately two established media groups of Guwahati have shown interest
to implement the recommendations of Majithia wage board, which we
would like to appreciate herewith,” said a statement issued by the JFA
adding that other media houses of the region should also follow the
direction at the earliest.
The JFA also fervently appealed to those media groups not
to play tricks with the interest of their employees by offering illogical and
unethical proposals. The media forum pointed out that a number of media
groups in different parts of the country had asked most of their
senior employees either to resign for no reason or give written
consent accepting whatever benefits the owners could provide, implying to ignore the new
wage board benefits.
“The media persons engaged in newspaper & news agencies across the
country should get united over the issue and fight for their dues.
Moreover they should also continue raising voice for logical benefits
to their counterparts in the electronic media as well,” concluded the
JFA statement issued.
* This Press Relese was sent to e-pao.net by Mithu Choudhury who can be contacted at sivaassam(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on May 16 2016
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