Serving a blow to the ruling BJP government, employees will launch an indefinite strike.
Story so far: The Karnataka State Government Employees Association has announced that all employees will partake in an indefinite strike from March 1 if the government fails to issue an order greenlighting the 7th Pay Commission’s interim report. If it fails to comply with their demands, the strike will continue.
- On February 21, over 5,000 representatives of government employees’ associations decided to boycott their work in schools, colleges, hospitals, and the gram panchayats.
- The association has put forth two demands before the government that ask for a 40% hike in salaries and the implementation of the old pension scheme.
Why though? Government employees argue that CM Basavaraj Bommai and his government have disregarded their well-being. Their attitude has disappointed the state’s cohort of 9 lakh employees. For several months the employees have been urging the government to meet their demands in vain.
- When even the budget ignored their needs, the workers decided to launch a strike.