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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Labourers go on indefinite strike, press for demands

Labourers go on indefinite strike, press for demands

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published Published on Oct 3, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 3, 2010

An indefinite mazdoor haq (labourers right) satyagraha began at the Industrial Park near Statue Circle to press for the labourers' various demands.

The satyagraha is spearheaded by Suchna Evum Rozghar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan. The demands of the agitators include increasing the wages of the NREGS workers to Rs 200 per day. The state government had recently increased the minimum wages of the labourers but the NREGA workers' rate is fixed at Rs 100 even now. Similarly, they demanded that the number of man days for a person under NREGS should be increased to 200 from the present 100.

The agitators also demanded linking the labourers wages to price rise on the lines of DA given to the government employees. There were instances of NREGS payment being just Rs 1 a day and this is a gross violation of the minimum wages act. Wherever the labour rate is below the minimum rate the payment should be made on the basis of the number of hours of work put in by the labourers, demanded a memorandum that was submitted to the rural development minister.

The organisation strongly opposed the demand of the sarpanches for more financial powers to float tenders and said the present system has been able to curb corruption in the panchayats to a great extent and should be continued.

They demanded that the labourers union of the NREGS workers be given recognition by the state government. They also announced the constitution of a people's commission for wages of labourers and farmers and asked the government to nominate its members to the commission.

Mazdoor Shakti Sangathan leaders Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey along with a host of other social organisations and activists are participating in the programme.


The Times of India, 3 October, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Labourers-go-on-indefinite-strike-press-for-demands/articleshow/6674845.cms


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