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AP Govt Hikes pay for Sanitation Workers: Amaravati: The talks held by the state government with the representatives of the AP municipal labor unions have been somewhat successful. The state government has agreed to pay a salary of Rs.21 thousand to sanitation workers. The sub-committee of ministers said OK to the demand to give health allowance of Rs.6 thousand. AP Ministers Buggana Rajendranath Reddy, Adimulapu Suresh, Government Advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and some senior officials held a long discussion with the representatives of labor unions in the secretariat for more than two hours. Minister Botsa said that the decisions will be implemented if the municipal workers stop their strike immediately and resume their duties. The notification will be given only after the workers call off the strike. It has been decided that the increased salary will be given in the government where the allowance is received.
Municipal Workers and Employees State Principal Secretary Uma Maheswara Rao said.. GMO has agreed to bring the sanitation related workers into a single category and give them a salary of 21 thousand. 6 thousand Health Allowance change in salary. 15 thousand salary plus 21 thousand was decided. The sub-committee of ministers agreed to the demand to include sanitation drivers, cleaners, malaria fogging workers and sanitation staff in parks in this category. Those who catch dogs, snakes, monkeys and those who bury orphan corpses are also accepted for 21 thousand salary. GMO accepted 8 categories of engineering department from unskilled to semi-skilled. He said that the panchayat workers of the merged villages will be recognized as municipal workers and 36 thousand will be given a salary of 21 thousand. He said that there is still no clarity on the demands of retirement benefit. He said that the compensation to the workers who died due to accidents has been demanded from 2019. They said that they have demanded an increase in compensation and an increase in soil for the dead.
What are the demands of sanitation workers?
Among the main demands of the sanitation workers, basic pay payments by category, contractual system of neighborhood services and other issues such as permanent as permanent employees were discussed. In addition to these, application of all government schemes to sanitation, engineering and other staff working on outsourcing, allotment of weightage marks in recruitment, immediate filling of vacant regular posts, increasing the number of sanitation workers as per requirement, improving the performance of solid waste vehicles on contract basis, sanitation workers, engineering In this meeting, the Ministers and senior officials discussed with the representatives of the trade unions about the basic pay of the workers, the management of the parks and the determination of the basic pay based on the work performed by the underground drainage workers. They are also demanding to open paid leave, GPF accounts and grant health cards to regular employees.
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