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Police detain 32 CITU leaders after tense Tirupati protest
On Thursday, police in Tirupati arrested 32 leaders of CITU after a scuffle near the district Collectorate, where a rally of contract and outsourcing workers was stopped. The detained include state vice-president…
The Story in Brief
On Thursday, police in Tirupati arrested 32 leaders of CITU after a scuffle near the district Collectorate, where a rally of contract and outsourcing workers was stopped. The detained include state vice-president Kandarapu Murali and district-level leaders, the Hans India reports.
The workers had concluded a 40-day minimum wage campaign and were demanding a monthly minimum wage of Rs 26,000, regularisation of services, and salaries on the first of every month. They also sought a raise in retirement age to 62 for contract workers. CITU leaders alleged that the coalition government had betrayed workers by implementing four labour codes and failing to regularise three lakh contract workers and increase wages for 50 lakh workers in scheduled industries.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that police were heavy-handed ignores that the march was stopped after a scuffle. Conversely, the charge that CITU disrupted order for no reason overlooks that contract workers have not had a wage revision in 20 years. Both sides miss the real issue: the government's unfulfilled promise to regularise three lakh workers. The number of workers who actually get regularised in the coming months will be the true test.
Source: thehansindia.com
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