Outsourced municipal staff’ leaders have introduced that they are going to briefly stall the Statewide indefinite strike, which continued for 16 days from December 26, as their talks with Particular Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and City Developement, Y. Srilakshmi made some headway on Wednesday.
A.P. Municipal Workers and Employees’ Federation State normal secretary Ok. Umamaheswara Rao mentioned whereas their demand for regularisation of providers had not been met, the State authorities had agreed to increase the Occupational Well being Allowance (OHA) of ₹6,000 to those that had been hitherto not getting it.
“The government’s decision to merge the basic pay and the allowance is commendable, but we demand that an annual bonus of monthly pay be given to workers. If that is not possible, then at least our monthly honorarium should be enhanced by ₹2,000-₹3,000,” Mr. Umamaheswara Rao mentioned.
Till now, solely sweepers (sanitation division) used to get the well being allowance. Now, the identical could be prolonged to all classes of staff of the Underground Drainage (UGD), together with those that enter the drain, rubbish automobile drivers and cleaners who accompany them. A GO was additionally issued to this impact on January 1. Nevertheless, the employees raised a priority when park staff weren’t talked about within the GO.
Mr. Umamaheswara Rao mentioned the federal government would kind a nine-member committee to review the work situations of those that had been overlooked of the record of staff getting allowances. The committee would resolve who else needs to be added to the record.
He mentioned discussions had been beneath means about provision of primary pay as per GO RT Ms. 30 (January 19, 2018) to eight classes of the Engineering division staff and that the difficulty is pending with the Finance Division.
Relating to their demand for enhanced pay for expert staff (compared to semi expert and unskilled), the federal government had mentioned there could be a system in place by way of which expert works can get coaching, certificates and be paid accordingly.
Jyoti Basu, a member of the federation affiliated to the CITU, mentioned the federal government had additionally promised to them retirement advantages of ₹50,000 and enhance in ex gratia from ₹5 lakh to ₹7 lakh in instances of unintended deaths of staff.
He mentioned the State authorities had assured them that each one GOs could be issued instantly after the competition, and that the nine-member committee would even be shaped after the competition. “If the same is not done, we will resume our strike again. We have only temporaraily stalled it,” he mentioned.