Union demands increase in wages for contract workers

Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board Labourers’ Union has urged the State authorities to supply imperishable jobs and amended wages to Metrowater declaration labourers.

Office bearers of the Union met Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Additional Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, connected Monday regarding assorted demands. G. Beem Rao, erstwhile Maduravoyal MLA and the Union’s president said imperishable jobs indispensable beryllium provided to workers who person completed 480 days of service. Several tribunal cases related to regularisation of workers’ services are inactive pending. Besides implementing the aged pension strategy and providing treble wages for overtime work, the workers indispensable besides beryllium extended different benefits similar provident money Employees’ State Insurance.