New Delhi, Mar 6, (PTI):
Concerned over ''undue delay'' in notifying the recommendations of Justice Majithia Wage Board for working journalists, a union of journalists today demanded their immediate notification by the Centre, threatening to launch an agitation if it was not done.
The National Executive Committee of the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), which met here today, said it "strongly feels" that the central government is delaying the notification.
"The working journalists have been eagerly waiting for the wage revision which has long been due and any further delay will force them to take to agitational path to achieve their legitimate right to just wages," a statement issued by the Union said.
It also expressed concern over the Supreme Court judgement holding that any working journalist, whose services were terminated for misconduct of any type, was not entitled to gratuity under Section 5 of the Working Journalists Act.
"It demanded that the central government immediately amend the Act to plug the loophole and protect the interests of working journalists in the country," the statement said.
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