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The Secondary Grade Seniority Teachers’ Association (SSTA) person announced that they volition spell connected an indefinite onslaught from December 26 demanding adjacent wage for adjacent work.
In a statement, they said, “We person been going to enactment wearing the ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ request paper since December 1. In the 2nd phase, we held a rally throwing airy connected our demand. In the 3rd phase, we volition clasp an indefinite strike.”
They highlighted a long-standing wage disparity owed to their day of appointment. “Secondary teachers appointed aft June 1, 2009, person been facing hardship for the past 12 years, arsenic they person not been paid the aforesaid wage arsenic their chap secondary teachers moving successful the state,” said J. Robert, wide caput SSTA.
The relation said that a discrepancy of ₹3,170 successful the Sixth Pay Commission has resulted successful a wage quality of 12 years increment. “We had planned to clasp a 48-hour wage betterment protestation connected behalf of our SSTA question astatine the extremity of September, but postponed owed to talks held with the School Education Minister,” helium said,
However, nary further enactment has been taken 3 months aft the talks and hence, the relation has decided connected holding three-phase protests
