Hostel workers seek implementation of revised minimum wages

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Workers employed in hostels run by the Backward Classes Welfare and Social Welfare Departments and other government departments launch a letter campaign in front of the Vidyanagar Post Office in Hubballi on Wednesday, seeking implementation of the revised minimum wages. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Workers employed in hostels run by the Backward Classes Welfare and Social Welfare Departments and other government departments launched a letter campaign in front of the Vidyanagar Post Office in Hubballi on Wednesday, seeking implementation of the revised minimum wages.

Speaking after the launch of the campaign, Lakshmi Chinnaguntapalli, a functionary of the Hubballi taluk unit of the Karnataka State Joint Hostel Workers’ Association, said the statutory order revising the minimum wages had come into effect on May 22.

She alleged that workers were still being paid the earlier wages despite the revised rates and that the government had constituted a sub-committee to delay implementation of the revised wages.

The existing wages were inadequate to meet household expenses amid rising prices, she said, demanding that the revised minimum wages be implemented immediately and that wages be paid every month within the stipulated date.

In the letters subsequently posted to the Chief Minister as part of the campaign, the workers demanded wage slips and statutory benefits, including Provident Fund (PF) and Employees’ State Insurance (ESI), for all eligible workers. They warned of further protests if their demands were not met.

Shantavva Anjategari, Akkamahadevi Badiger, Anasavva Badiger and others participated in the letter campaign.

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