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Members of the Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers’ Association continued their indefinite sit-in protestation for the 2nd consecutive time successful Ramanathapuram connected Tuesday.
Demanding ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’, the relation members person been staging continuous protests successful Chennai since December 26.
In a amusement of solidarity, teachers crossed the State person boycotted schools and launched sit-in protests astatine territory office starting from Monday.
In Ramanathapuram, the protestation was held adjacent the entranceway of the District Collectorate, led by the association’s District Deputy Secretary Ramanathan.
Mr. Ramanathan highlighted a stark disparity successful the basal wage of teachers appointed earlier and aft the May 31, 2009, cutoff. He noted that the ₹3,170 spread successful starting basal wage efficaciously forces newer teachers to enactment for respective further years conscionable to scope the aforesaid fiscal level arsenic their counterparts.
While the simplification successful wage for teachers appointed aft June 1, 2009 was a blatant usurpation of their rights nether ‘equal work, adjacent pay’, the consequent State governments did not lawsuit deliberation of rectifying the mistake the authorities committed, helium complained.
The wage the secondary people teachers received was connected par lone with the conservancy workers appointed by the Union government, helium alleged. “While respective of the employees with comparatively lesser qualification and experience, receives higher salary, the secondary people teachers with higher acquisition grade and different qualifications are receiving a little pay,” helium stated.
The State authorities which boasts astir achieving societal justness successful each assemblage should besides deliberation of the teachers who were excluded from the ‘social justness scheme’, Mr. Ramanathan said.
If they were not being heard by the Tamil Nadu government, helium said, they would not situation to alteration the protestation into a much superior signifier of agitation.
