Even the Thaipongal is over, still no increase of wages

Jan 17, 2016

The promise given to increase the plantation workers wages has still not fulfilled, says the plantation workers.

The employer’s who pledged to increase the wages before the Deepavali festival, failed to do so and said they would increase the wages following the New Year. However now the Thaipongal festival too is over still our wages are not increased, lamented a plantation worker.

 

Executive director of the Estate Public Development Institute P. Muththulingam said the government has a responsibility to increase the wages as promised.

 

“It was only the government which announced that it would pay Rs. 2500, increasing Rs. 100 per day. If the companies are telling that it cannot pay now at least the treasury should be able to pay” he said.

 

Rupees two thousand five hundred

 

Kandurata Workers Front parliament MP Arunachalam Aravinda Kumar said the government would increase the wages in Rs. 2500 as promised.

 

The minister said during the next parliamentary session he would propose to increase the wages by Rs. 2500 and pass the bill.

 

According to the collective agreement made in 1992 between the employers and the plantation workers every two years both parties should come to an agreement about the plantation workers wages.

 

Therefore before March 31st 2015 the companies should have come to an agreement about the increment of the plantation workers wages which did not happen.

 

The minister said the government should immediately come to an agreement regarding the increment of the basic salary of the plantation workers.