Monday, May 05, 2008

DD, AIR service may be hit as employees mull strike

Ashish Sinha / New Delhi May 05, 2008
Work in 220 All India Radio (AIR) stations and the 68 Doordarshan kendras may be hit as more than 38,000 Prasar Bharati employees in these two set-ups are planning to go on strike. The employees, represented by several bodies, are demanding the status of government employees, better pay and filling up of the 8,000 vacant posts.
The employees are demanding scrapping of the Prasar Bharati Act to make the body a government unit again, or amendments in the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990, to ensure they continue getting the current benefits.
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