[Reader-list] Pimpri -Chinchwad Wastepickers Win Minimum Wage Battle

[Kabir Khan]

*Pimpri -Chinchwad Wastepickers Win Minimum Wage Battle
<http://wastenarratives.com/2015/06/27/pimpri-chinchwad-wastepickers-win-minimum-wage-battle/>*



The members of *Kagad, Kach, Patra Kashtakari Panchayat *(KKPKP) -
wastepickers have been providing waste management services to the residents
of Pimpri Chinchwad for years from now. The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal
Corporation dishonored their services by not adhering to Minimum Wage Act.
This agitated the wastepickers. They protested, met elected representatives
to take up the issue in hand.  Further, a case was filed by KKPKP at the
Labor department in July 2013, seeking statutory minimum wages for waste
pickers as per the Act. While the hearings and cross examination of the
case proceeded, members continued to agitate for their dues, whilst asking
for fairer contract terms.


In response to clarification sought for proceedings of the case, Shri
Hendre, Additional Commissioner, Labor Department stated that PCMC is
liable to pay up to 10 times the amount due to wastepickers as penalty for
not adhering to Minimum Wage Act. This forced PCMC to act. Not only have
they published new tenders with provisions for Minimum Wages which will be
awarded in a month, but they have also committed to part payment of dues as
an interim relief to the waste pickers. Part payment towards 12 months of
work, out of the 32 months worked has been transferred to the wastepickers
accounts on 15th June. “It is a long pending process and the amount is far
less than what is rightfully theirs, but atleast it is a new beginning. We
will continue to agitate peacefully and seek recourse of the law to ensure
all workers get their complete dues” says Sonali Kunjir, Joint Secretary-
KKPKP. Continued here…
<http://wastenarratives.com/2015/06/27/pimpri-chinchwad-wastepickers-win-minimum-wage-battle/>

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