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Construction workers’ unions connected Tuesday appealed to the Labour Department to instantly revive the Building and Other Construction Workers’ (BOCW) Welfare Board and reconstruct each payment schemes mandated nether the 1996 Act. The unions besides demanded the cancellation of Memo 1214, which they said hindered the due implementation of payment benefits.
A delegation of national leaders met Labour Commissioner Miriyala Seshagiri Babu astatine the State Labour Department office, present connected Tuesday. BOCW Secretary Gandham Chandrudu, BOCW Board Chairman Awala Mallikarjun, and BOCW Advisory Committee Chairman G. Raghu were besides contiguous during the meeting.
Union representatives expressed interest that families of operation workers who died owed to accidents oregon earthy causes since 2018 had not yet received fiscal assistance from the board. Many specified families person been pushed into important hardship owed to delays successful disbursing benefits, they said. They appealed to the section to guarantee contiguous enactment for these families.
The unions besides highlighted issues successful the registration process for payment cards, citing method and administrative lapses that prevented eligible workers from accessing benefits. Responding to the concerns, Commissioner Seshagiri Babu assured that the section would clasp interior consultations connected each issues raised and would convene different gathering with national representatives soon.
Among those who participated were IFTU State General Secretary M. Ramakrishna, BCWU Convening Committee subordinate G. Harikrishna Reddy, Meera Vali, Koppula Kumar, Rajasekhar, Subba Rao, representatives of Pragathisheela Bhavana Nirmanam Sangham Raman and Mohan, and TNTUC national leaders.
