The CMC Horticulture Workers Union has announced its participation in the November 12th strike. Preparatory meetings are underway.

The CMC Horticulture Workers Union has announced its participation in the November 12th strike. Preparatory meetings are underway.

Chandigarh 8 October ( Ranjeet Singh Dhaliwal ) : At the call of the CMC Horticulture Workers Union, a gate meeting was held today at the Horticulture Booth in Sector 40. Union President and Federation General Secretary Harkesh Chand, Union General Secretary M.M. Subrahmanyam, Treasurer Hardeep Singh, Federation President Rajendra Katoch, Vice President V.V. Public Health President Harpal Singh, Federation President Gopal Dutt Joshi, and others addressed the meeting, urging people to demonstrate their unity by attending the strike on November 12th, 2025, in large numbers to ensure the implementation of pending demands. He said that on the one hand, the Federation and the CMC Horticulture Workers Union are demanding the restoration of the old pension system, the regularization of all temporary employees who have completed 10 years, and the inclusion of all temporary employees under the equal pay system until they are confirmed, amendments to the rules to quickly fill promotional positions, the cancellation of the privatization of government and semi-government departments, the cancellation of the decision to hand over parks and green belts managed by the Horticulture Department to societies, the cancellation of ongoing employee layoffs, the immediate allocation of expired tenders in the MC Engineering Department, the cancellation of the exploitation of employees by contractors, and the payment of salaries on time and bonuses and DA before Diwali. On the other hand, some forces, acting as puppets of the administration and anti-employee officials, are trying to break the unity of the employees. They are also misusing the name of the union and engaging in illegal extortion from employees. He appealed to the employees to be cautious of such misleading propaganda and to unite and wage a fierce struggle. Harkesh Chand, the newly appointed General Secretary of the Federation and President of the CMC Horticulture Workers Union, Chandigarh, and M.M. Subramaniam, the newly appointed Vice President of the Federation and General Secretary of the CMC Horticulture Workers Union, Chandigarh, appealed to all employees to strengthen their unity, thwart the plans of anti-employee forces to break the unity of the employees, and to participate in large numbers in the strike being called by the Federation on November 12, 2025.