CPI(M)'s trade union wing CITU today demanded immediate formulation of pension and insurance policies for the working class in Jammu and Kashmir.
"We demand immediate formulation of pension and insurance policies for working class on the pattern of other states of the country," CITU's Jammu and Kashmir state unit president and MLA M Y Tarigami said at a day-long conference of construction workers in Kathua district.
Tarigami said the working class of the society invest their youth in building the nation in different ways, but in the old age they are left on the mercy of circumstances.
"Working class people toil in the fields to grow food and build the public and private infrastructures, but it is shameful that in absence of any social security scheme, they are subjected to tremendous hardships in their old age," he said.
Tarigami said registration of construction workers was needed to subsequently formulate pension and insurance schemes for them.
Cautioning against communal and divisive forces who, according to him, are trying to divide the working class on the basis of religion and region, Tarigami said, "Working class is an important section of the society and they should join hands for their rights and give a befitting reply to the communal forces.
