Utility stores across Pakistan shut down at advent of Ramadan

All Pakistan Workers Unions of the utility store on Friday announced to observe countrywide shutter down strike for the indefinite time period.

According to details, President All Pakistan Workers Unions, Syed Arif Shah announced that the Utility Stores’ employees across the country will go on strike indefinitely from today (Friday) if the demands are not met. The development comes just a day before the start of the holy month of Ramadan. Syed Arif Shah said, “The union had demanded a COVID-19 risk allowance for all the employees, regularisation of daily wagers and contractual workers, and up-gradation of sales and warehouse staff.”

He asked Prime Minister Imran Khan to order for immediate redressal of their issues. He said the decision to observe strike was taken by all the unions of utility store workers of Pakistan with complete consensus.

He asserted that they were closing the utility stores in protests for indefinite period of time. He said talks between authorities of utility stores and workers unions had failed.The citizens across the country faced difficulties due to the untimely closure of the utility stores as they struggled to buy basic need items before the first fast of Ramadan.

In Punjab’s capital Lahore, the utility stores were locked up while the staff was nowhere to be seen.

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