India : Ambulance workers seek wage revision
Irked over the non-revision of wage, workers of ‘108’ ambulance service thronged the Collectorate here on Monday and presented a petition to Collector K.S. Palanisamy seeking the intervention of the State
government to revise wages for the year 2016.
M. Divakar, State executive member, Central Organisation of India Trade Union, who led a team of ambulance service workers, said that the company-GVK-EMRI-was supposed to revise the wage for all workers in March.
However, the process of wage revision had been kept pending for so long. Though the issue had been brought to the notice of senior officials of the State government and the company, the issue had not been solved.
As many as 110 persons, including emergency medical technicians and drivers, were employed in Tiruchi district for operating 26 ambulances. They had to work for 12 hours a day under extreme working conditions.
However, they were denied rightful wage, benefits and job protection prescribed under the labour laws.
Mr. Divakar said wage revision should be given to the workers based on seniority. The other demands of the workers should also be properly studied, he added.