Stands in solidarity with the Workers' Families
31st December 2019
NEFIS DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND REINSTATEMENT OF ALL THE CASUAL WORKERS FIRED IN FCI!
STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS’ FAMILIES!
CANCEL THE CONTRACT, TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR: NEFIS!
North East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) strongly condemns the arrest of workers of FCI and demands their immediate release.
It should be noted that more than 30 FCI workers who had been agitating against the exploitative practices in FCI by the private contractor had been arrested in early December. They have still not been released and their families have been left without any financial source, due to their arrest.
In order to highlight the unjustness of the situation, the wives of the workers had yesterday demonstrated in front of FCI building and thrown their utensils in protest.
The protesting wives had said that their families had been struggling to make ends meet following the arrest of the workers. They also said that since there was no money to buy their daily needs, it was better to handover their cooking vessels instead of keeping them empty.
Moreover, few days back even the children of the workers had handed over their books and bags to the Education Directorate and had appealed to the authorities to get their fathers released since their arrest was affecting their studies and their families faced a bleak future due to loss of the sole breadwinner.
NEFIS stands in solidarity with the FCI workers and their families. It demands that all the workers fired from their jobs should be reinstated.
It also demands that action should be taken against the exploitative contractor and his contract should be cancelled. NEFIS has pledged to support the workers’ and their families’ struggle in the coming days.
Chinglen Khumukcham,
Member,
Convening Committee,
North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS)
* This Press Release was sent to e-pao.net by North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) who can be contacted at nefis(DOT)manipur(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on January 01 2020
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