AITUC protesters in Manapparai demand special COVID incentive for sanitation workers

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Members of the Tiruchi District Local Body Workers Union signifier    a protestation  successful  beforehand   of the Manapparai Municipality bureau   connected  Wednesday.

Members of the Tiruchi District Local Body Workers Union signifier a protestation successful beforehand of the Manapparai Municipality bureau connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement

Members of the Tiruchi District Local Body Workers Union, affiliated to the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), staged a protestation successful beforehand of the Manapparai Municipality bureau connected Wednesday, urging the State authorities to instantly disburse a peculiar COVID-19 inducement promised to sanitation workers.

The objection was led by subdivision caput A. Arunagiri. Speakers astatine the meeting, included AITUC territory lawman caput Mohamed Hussain, Transport Corporation subdivision president Saravanan, and Communist Party of India municipality caput Thangaraj.

Protesters raised a acceptable of demands, including punctual outgo of the peculiar COVID-19 incentive, proviso of prime idiosyncratic protective equipment, and implementation of minimum wages arsenic per Government Order No. 62. They besides called for outgo of the ₹708 regular wage fixed by the District Collector for outsourced workers, proviso of play offs, and regularisation of declaration employees who person completed 3 years of service.

The national warned it would intensify its agitation if authorities did not respond to the demands wrong a stipulated time. Officials from the municipality did not comment.

Published - November 12, 2025 05:51 p.m. IST

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