22/06/2020
𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒
The JNU VC and his sanghi administration continues its harrassment of sanitation workers and students! 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨. The administration-company nexus has been continuously ignoring the demand of the workers for the payment of their pending salaries. Many of the workers are the sole bread winners of their families and this administration-company nexus, for their profits, is pushing their whole families into starvation. Further, 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨. At a time when the number of positive cases and deaths due to corona is soaring at a breakneck pace in delhi, this deliberate negligence puts the lives of workers and students on campus at risk. Due to the contractual nature of their job, sanitation workers have to perpetually work in vulnerable conditions, under continuous threats and abuses from the supervisors and officers. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨. This approach of hiring and firing the workers at will helps them in keeping the workers in an insecure state so that they won't be able to easily organise and demand their rights. There have been instances in the past where vocal workers like comrade Urmila and comrade Sunita have been arbitrarily dismissed by the VC just for demanding bonus and 'equal wage for equal work'.
Not only in JNU but in other universities also we see this kind of harassment of sanitation workers. 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙇𝙐 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙝𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 55 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙. Day before yesterday during a peaceful protest police detained many of these workers and the students who were in their solidarity. Similarly AUD had last year terminated their sanitation workers when they refused to physically enter the sewers. DU had also terminated more than 100 workers last year.
At the time of this pandemic, instead of providing a dignified life to our workers, our VC is merely following the footsteps of his sanghi masters who have opened the lockdown in as unplanned manner as they had imposed it and are forcing the workers to return to factories so that capitalist profit making machinery runs smoothly again. Also, to exploit the workers more and to restore profitability, the central government as well the non-bjp state governments are continuously amending the labour laws.
𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨. Only a few students who had applied for scholarships/fellowships before the lockdown have received only a part of their due amounts. Majority of students haven't received any scholarship or fellowships since the beginning of the anti fee hike movement last year. This has put the students, especially those coming from marginalised backgrounds, in a helpless situation. Many of these students are able to study only because they receive some monetary support in the form of scholarships and fellowships and in the absence of this support they might have to quit their studies mid way. Also, many students support their families with these scholarships and fellowships and now there families are also in a precarious situation. Instead of paying the scholarships this administration is busy in installing CCTV cameras and threatening the students to pay the mess bills and vacate the hostels.
We demand the JNU administration to:
➖ Immediately release the 3 months of pending salaries of sanitation worker.
➖ Ensure the safety of all sanitation workers. Provide them with masks, gloves, sanitisers and all necessary safety measures.
➖ Stop harrassing, intimidating and arbitrarily removing the contract workers of the campus.
➖ immediately release the whole scholarship and fellowship amounts of all students. Arrange for an alternative framework for those who couldn't apply for their scholarships/fellowships due to lockdown.
𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨-𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚!!
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙙 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥
𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒
The JNU VC and his sanghi administration continues its harrassment of sanitation workers and students! 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨. The administration-company nexus has been continuously ignoring the demand of the workers for the payment of their pending salaries. Many of the workers are the sole bread winners of their families and this administration-company nexus, for their profits, is pushing their whole families into starvation. Further, 𝙣𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨. At a time when the number of positive cases and deaths due to corona is soaring at a breakneck pace in delhi, this deliberate negligence puts the lives of workers and students on campus at risk. Due to the contractual nature of their job, sanitation workers have to perpetually work in vulnerable conditions, under continuous threats and abuses from the supervisors and officers. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨. This approach of hiring and firing the workers at will helps them in keeping the workers in an insecure state so that they won't be able to easily organise and demand their rights. There have been instances in the past where vocal workers like comrade Urmila and comrade Sunita have been arbitrarily dismissed by the VC just for demanding bonus and 'equal wage for equal work'.
Not only in JNU but in other universities also we see this kind of harassment of sanitation workers. 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙉𝙇𝙐 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙝𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 55 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙. Day before yesterday during a peaceful protest police detained many of these workers and the students who were in their solidarity. Similarly AUD had last year terminated their sanitation workers when they refused to physically enter the sewers. DU had also terminated more than 100 workers last year.
At the time of this pandemic, instead of providing a dignified life to our workers, our VC is merely following the footsteps of his sanghi masters who have opened the lockdown in as unplanned manner as they had imposed it and are forcing the workers to return to factories so that capitalist profit making machinery runs smoothly again. Also, to exploit the workers more and to restore profitability, the central government as well the non-bjp state governments are continuously amending the labour laws.
𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙨. Only a few students who had applied for scholarships/fellowships before the lockdown have received only a part of their due amounts. Majority of students haven't received any scholarship or fellowships since the beginning of the anti fee hike movement last year. This has put the students, especially those coming from marginalised backgrounds, in a helpless situation. Many of these students are able to study only because they receive some monetary support in the form of scholarships and fellowships and in the absence of this support they might have to quit their studies mid way. Also, many students support their families with these scholarships and fellowships and now there families are also in a precarious situation. Instead of paying the scholarships this administration is busy in installing CCTV cameras and threatening the students to pay the mess bills and vacate the hostels.
We demand the JNU administration to:
➖ Immediately release the 3 months of pending salaries of sanitation worker.
➖ Ensure the safety of all sanitation workers. Provide them with masks, gloves, sanitisers and all necessary safety measures.
➖ Stop harrassing, intimidating and arbitrarily removing the contract workers of the campus.
➖ immediately release the whole scholarship and fellowship amounts of all students. Arrange for an alternative framework for those who couldn't apply for their scholarships/fellowships due to lockdown.
𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨-𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚!!
𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙙 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥