RIUJ seeks details of media persons not getting paid and those sacked
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 11 May 2018
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The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists is collecting information from media workers facing unpaid salaries or wrongful dismissals. This initiative aims to support these individuals in an ongoing Supreme Court case regarding payment delays.Summary
ISLAMABAD – The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) has asked media persons not getting paid or those who have been laid off illegally to submit their details with the union so that it could present them before the Supreme Court.
A case related to delay in payment of salaries to staff by the news organizations is ongoing in the Supreme Court.
In a statement, the RIUJ President Mubarak Zeb Khan (pictured) said it would fight for the workers in court against all those organizations who are not paying staff or laying them off in the name of right-sizing.
KEY POINTS:
- RIUJ calls for media personnel facing pay issues to come forward.
- Details will be presented to the Supreme Court.
- Ongoing case addresses salary delays by news organizations.
- The union is committed to fighting for journalists' rights.
- RIUJ also aims to address unlawful layoffs.
