Sanitation staff in Dharmapuri demand minimal wages, bonus

Sanitation staff below the Rural Development and Local Administration Workers Association held a protestin Dharmapuri on Thursday (September 25) over a raft of calls for.

They have been demanding minimal wages for numerous classes of staff, corresponding to dengue prevention workers, water suppliers, and drivers employed by the municipality and city panchayats within the district.

According to the affiliation, the minimal wages of ₹745 per day, ₹657 per day and ₹568 per day for municipalities, city panchayats and panchayats, respectively as promised within the G.O. of the native physique administration and upheld by the Madras High Court was constantly circumvented. The staff will not be paid the minimal wages and the wages decided by the District Collector was decrease than the minimal wages, the protesters stated.

They additionally demanded bonus of 8.33% for 2024-25, creation of UAN numbers by opening PF accounts for the PF deductions constituted of the salaries of outsourced staff, and urged that the federal government honours its promise for incentive of ₹15,000 for round the clock work finished by conservancy staff through the COVID-19 pandemic.

The members additionally demanded the implementation of G.O. 156 that entails promotion for sanitation staff of city panchayats and supply compassionate employment to dependents of the deceased staff.

Likewise, the affiliation sought common medical screening camps for staff, whose salaries embody deductions for medical insurance and weekly-offs for staff, who now work seven days every week.