Maha govt employees seek 5-day week; threaten to go on strike

February 02, 2014 16:54

Maharashtra government employees have threatened to go on indefinite strike from February 13 if their long-pending demand for five-day week work schedule and grant of other facilities on par with central government staff were not met.

"We have been demanding a five-day week for quite sometime. Also, we have been demanding various facilities which are there for the central government employees. We also want the retirement age of the state government employees to be increased from current 58 to 60," G D Kulthe, chief advisor of Maharashtra State Gazetted Officer Federation told PTI.

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