Sugar mill workers plead with CM to end wage disparity in the industry

A conception of sweetener mill workers, claiming wage disparity, person called upon Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to marque a connection nether Rule 110 connected the Floor of the Legislative Assembly to bring the long-pending contented to an end.

According to Pugazhendi, a subordinate of the Tamil Nadu All Cooperative and Public Sector Sugar Mill Staff Peravai, Thanjavur, the Commissioner of Sugar, done a GO successful 1985, brought 11 posts nether the “Common Cadre System” successful the sweetener industry. However, the CCS was abolished successful 1997 but the workers of 11 posts declared arsenic CCS class workers continued to person the Government Pattern of Wages arsenic against the wage signifier adopted for different categories of workers classified nether the Central Non-Statutory Sugar Wage Board / Settlement Wage Pattern.

While disposing of cases relating to wage parity contented successful 2015, a Single Judge Bench of Madras High Court directed the Commissioner of Sugar and the managements of each sweetener mills to region the wage disparity by expanding the wages of the non-CCS employees arsenic fixed to the 11 posts of the erstwhile CCS from April 1, 2003 and to comply the absorption wrong 2 months.

However, the officials went connected an entreaty against the bid passed successful 2015 and the entreaty was dismissed by the Madras High Court successful 2024.

But the officials and a cooperative sweetener mill absorption moved a reappraisal petition past twelvemonth and pending earlier the court. Hence, the Peravai has made an entreaty to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister to marque a suitable announcement nether Rule 110 connected the level of the Legislative Assembly to enactment an extremity to the agelong lasting wage disparity successful the sweetener mills, helium said.