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CHANDIGARH, March 10: A rally was held by the workers of UT Building Maintenance Workers Union in front of CP Division No 3 today. The em...

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CHANDIGARH, March 10: A rally was held by the workers of UT Building Maintenance Workers Union in front of CP Division No 3 today. The employees later marched towards the UT Secretariat in support of their long pending demands.

The protesters carried black banners and raised slogans against the Administration. The workers also blocked the traffic at the Chandigarh Housing Board Chowk in Sector 17.

The main demands of the workers include grant of bonus for 1997-98, regularisation of daily wagers, filling of vacant posts, scrapping of contract system, uniform and conveyance allowances to all the field workers.Addressing the rally, Ramesh Kumar, president, of the union threatened that the workers would intensify the agitation if their demands were not met.

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