Enforce minimum wages in informal sector: Telugunadu Trade Union Council

Musheerabad: Telugunadu Trade Union Council (TNTUC) has demanded that state and central governments fix the minimum wage as Rs 20,000 and implement it in the unorganized sector. A meeting was held with senior leaders of TNTU by the vice-president of Telangana TNTUC M Sathyanarayana at TDP Hyderabad district office here on Thursday.

The senior TDP leader who attended the meeting as chief guest, Pinnamaneni Sai Baba condemned the anti-labour policies of the central government and asked the governments to declare Rs 20,000 as minimum wage and take measures to implement it in the unorganized sector. Measures should also be taken to ensure that every worker gets ESI and EPF benefits, he said.

Sai Baba questioned the State government why the Minimum Wages Act was not amended again after 2007. The meeting passed a resolution demanding implementation of minimum wages and ESI and EPF facilities to workers in the unorganized sector as well.

Among those who attended the meeting were state secretary of TNTUC MK Bose, M Prasad, V Venkateshwar Rao, Rajashekhar, Venugopal Reddy, EK Mohan Rao, P Narasimha, G Venkatesh, Nallela Kishore, Srinivas, Sathyam, B Narasimha Goud and others.