Tirupati, Mar 12(UNI) To put pressure on the Andhra Pradesh Government to recognise the unorganised sector in more than 36 organisations, Centre of Indian Trade Union(CITU) will take out a Chalo assembly programme on March 22 , Chittoor District CITU Secretary R Hari Krishna said here today.
Talking to mediapersons here he alleged that more than 95 lakh workers were working in the unorganised sector in the State with insecurity.
Mr Krishna said the Government had made promises for the welfare of the Anganwadi workers and Grama sevaks, but it failed to fulfil the promise.
He demanded the Government to bring a legislation to recognise the unorganised sector workers by introducing Provident Fund and Employees State Insurance (ESI) Corporation, besides providing accidential insurance cover.
He alleged that with the implementation of Outsourcing system in various organisations in the State, the percentage of Contractual labourers were on the increase every year. Backward castes communities were the major losers, he alleged.
The Government should introduce minimum wages for the workers in various sectors, he added.
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Talking to mediapersons here he alleged that more than 95 lakh workers were working in the unorganised sector in the State with insecurity.
Mr Krishna said the Government had made promises for the welfare of the Anganwadi workers and Grama sevaks, but it failed to fulfil the promise.
He demanded the Government to bring a legislation to recognise the unorganised sector workers by introducing Provident Fund and Employees State Insurance (ESI) Corporation, besides providing accidential insurance cover.
He alleged that with the implementation of Outsourcing system in various organisations in the State, the percentage of Contractual labourers were on the increase every year. Backward castes communities were the major losers, he alleged.
The Government should introduce minimum wages for the workers in various sectors, he added.
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