KARACHI
\nThe Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan has fired 300 employees working on retainership after they staged a month-long protest at Karachi and other airports demanding permanent employment.
\nThe employees were dismissed on the directives of Director General Civil Aviation and were working in CAA\u2019s Janitorial Department. A notification of termination was also issued after DG\u2019s directives on Friday.
\nThe retainership employees, working temporary jobs, at CAA had been staging protests and sit-ins for not being made permanent and non-reinstatement. The protesters said that about 2,600 workers were employed on a retainership basis while 400 had been sacked, demanding the authorities for permanent employment during the protest.
\nThe protests have entered the 15th day. Meanwhile, the CAA had said that the new employees hired under the Service Level Agreement would be made permanent. A special committee of the National Assembly had also directed the CAA administration to abolish the contractual system.
\nThe demonstrations were held at Karachi, Islamabad, Quetta and Multan airports where female employees were also present. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari had also been a part of the protest.
\nAseefa listened to the problems being faced by the workers. She expressed solidarity and promised her full support to their workers\u2019 cause, saying the PPP would play its role in the reinstatement and make their employment permanent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Pakistan has fired 300 employees working on retainership after they staged a month-long protest at Karachi and other airports demanding permanent employment. The employees were dismissed on the directives of Director General Civil Aviation and were working in CAA\u2019s Janitorial Department. A notification of termination was also issued […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n