RANCHI: Construction workers under the banner of the Jharkhand Rajya Nirman Kamgar Union (JRNKU) protested in front of the labour commissioner’s office for their 14-point charter of demands, including simplification of registration rules and raise in minimum wages. They handed over a memorandum of their demands to the office staff.
Earlier, they staged a rally from the Shree Krishna Singh Park to the labour commissioner’s office.
The working president of the JRNKU, Bhawan Singh, said, “The rules for online registration of workers should be simplified. The workers have to visit the office several times for online registration due to technical snags, requirement of additional documents, and other reasons. They are mostly uneducated and live on daily earnings, which take a hit. Around 700 workers could not renew their registration due to the new regulation.”
Citing their other demands, Bhawan said the minimum wages of the construction workers should be increased to Rs 600 per day.
