SHILLONG, OCT 13: As part of their ongoing peaceful agitation, around 1200 longstanding regular casual workers of Meghalaya Energy Corporation Ltd today staged a lunch time protest against the recent illegal contract.
Organised under the banner of MeECL Progressive Workers Union, workers have written many petitions to the management bringing to their notice their various grievances. Yet, the management continues to flout legal norms forcing the workers on agitation path.
They are protesting against the illegal contract being foisted by the management.
Workers have refused to sign the contract, because the contract blatantly ignores many labour laws regarding working conditions, wages and benefits.
They said that the contract illegally does not have provisions regarding PF, ESI Health Benefit, Bonus, Gratuity, Earned Leave, Overtime etc which are mandatory in all employment contracts.
Moreover, they alleged that the MeECL has unilaterally tried to redesignate the posts of the longstanding casual workers to unskilled assistant level, like, meter reader would become metering assistant, cleaner would be cleaning assistant etc while the nature of the their job continues like before.
This is a clear cut attempt to subvert the recent Supreme Court judgment mandating that Equal Pay for Equal Work, irrespective of worker’s status being permanent or casual/ad-hoc, they said.
By Our Reporter
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