Peshawar union leaders to take legal action against layoffs of media workers
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 8 November 2018
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The Khyber Union of Journalist and Peshawar Press Club will pursue legal action over recent media layoffs. They encourage affected workers to report their terminations.Summary
PESHAWAR – A Joint Action Committee of Khyber Union of Journalist (KhUJ) and Peshawar Press Club has decided to move court following wholesale layoffs and non-payment of dues to workers by media houses.
The committee has also announced continuing its protest camp, which is on for the past two weeks.
Faizan Hussain, representing the KhUJ said that they had spoken to their lawyers and legal formalities were being finalized.
The union has asked all media workers laid off until November 11 to submit their details of terminations to the legal committee at the press club for the compilation of data.
Hussain pointed out that the media owners had continued to layoff employees despite a Supreme Court order not to do so. He termed it contempt of court and appealed to the chief justice to take notice.
Key Points
- Joint Action Committee to take court action against media layoffs.
- Continuing protest camp outside the press club for two weeks.
- Union requests laid-off workers to submit termination details.
- Media owners accused of contempt of court by ignoring Supreme Court orders.
- Legal formalities are being finalized with the union's lawyers.
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