<p>Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Manish Tewari (Cong) said a large number of journalists and non-journalists were agitating across the country demanding speedy implementation of the wagebaord recommendations that were made three months back.<br /><br />"If we really want to empower journalists, serious cognisance should be taken of their demands and the wageboards' recommendations should be implemented forthwith with effect from January 2008," he said.<br /><br />He noted that the wageboards to review the salaries of journalists and non-journalists was set up in 2007. Mediapersons from across the country held a rally in front of the Labour Ministry here today to protest the "delay" in implementation of wageboards' recommendations for newspapers and news agencies' employees.</p>
<p>Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Manish Tewari (Cong) said a large number of journalists and non-journalists were agitating across the country demanding speedy implementation of the wagebaord recommendations that were made three months back.<br /><br />"If we really want to empower journalists, serious cognisance should be taken of their demands and the wageboards' recommendations should be implemented forthwith with effect from January 2008," he said.<br /><br />He noted that the wageboards to review the salaries of journalists and non-journalists was set up in 2007. Mediapersons from across the country held a rally in front of the Labour Ministry here today to protest the "delay" in implementation of wageboards' recommendations for newspapers and news agencies' employees.</p>