Outsourced municipal workers’ leaders have announced that they will temporarily stall the Statewide indefinite strike, which continued for 16 days from December 26, as their talks with Special Chief Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Developement, Y. Srilakshmi made some headway on Wednesday.
A.P. Municipal Employees and Workers’ Federation State general secretary K. Umamaheswara Rao said while their demand for regularisation of services had not been met, the State government had agreed to extend the Occupational Health Allowance (OHA) of ₹6,000 to those who were hitherto not getting it.
“The government’s decision to merge the basic pay and the allowance is commendable, but we demand that an annual bonus of monthly pay be given to workers. If that is not possible, then at least our monthly honorarium should be enhanced by ₹2,000-₹3,000,” Mr. Umamaheswara Rao said.
