Chennai: Members of the All India Postal Employees Union and government pensioners have demanded changes in the recommendations for the seventh pay commission, including revision of minimum wages and the rate of annual increment.
Postal employees, who recently staged a demonstration in the city,
demanded that the minimum wages be fixed at Rs.26,000. J.Ramamurthy,
state secretary of All India Postal Employees Union, Group C, said "
The overall hike percentage also need to be revised. We had to wait for
over a decade for the next pay commission. We also want the
recommendations to incorporate the demand for two increments during
promotions and revision of salary every five years. Pension must be
revised to 60 percent of the last drawn salary of the pensioner."
Indefinite strike planned.
The union plans to go on an indefinite strike, along with other
Central government employees' associations, in the first week of March
if the suggestions it made are not incorporated in the seventh Pay
Commission recommendations.
Pensioners too feel that the pension must be increased to meet the growing expenditure.
S.M.Chellaswamy, general secretary of Tamil Nadu Elders Welfare
Association, said: " At present, there is a suggestion that the pension
amount be increased by 20 percent when the retired person turns 80. But,
we want the age limit to be revised to 75 years to enable pensioners
meet their medical expenditure."
( Chennai edition of " The Hindu ", Saturday, January 23, 2016 ).
