MEPMA resource persons submit plea on pending grievances in Vizag
Members of the MEPMA Resource Persons Employees’ Union demonstrated in Visakhapatnam to address long-standing grievances. They are demanding unpaid salaries for the last three months and a revision of the minimum wage to ₹26,000 per month. The union also called for the restoration of login access for Resource Persons and a rescheduling of teleconferences to better accommodate their work.
- ▪The demonstration was held in Visakhapatnam, marching from the GVMC Gandhi Statue to the UCDPD office.
- ▪Employees have not received their monthly salaries for three months and are demanding the arrears be cleared.
- ▪The union is requesting a revision of the minimum wage to ₹26,000 per month as an all-India demand.
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Members of the Andhra Pradesh Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA), Resource Persons Employees’ Union held a demonstration in Visakhapatnam on Monday, marching from the GVMC Gandhi Statue to the office of the Urban Community Development Project Director (UCDPD), where they submitted a collective representation letter listing a series of long-pending grievances.The employees, who work as Resource Persons organising Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) self-help groups under the MEPMA, said their monthly salaries had not been paid for three months and demanded that the arrears be cleared without deductions. They also urged that the minimum wage be revised to ₹26,000 per month, describing it as an all-India demand.P.
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