The employees of the handloom weavers’ cooperative societies have urged the government to take steps for the release of the recommendation of the wage revision committee.
The wage agreement for the employees of the handloom weavers expired way back on December 31, 2012. The government soon formed another committee for the revision of wages. The Salem and Tiruchengode Range Handloom Weavers Cooperative Societies Employees Union, at its meeting held here recently, urged the committee to forward its recommendations on wage revision soon.
Till the release of the committee report, the government should direct payment of Rs. 2,000 per month as interim wages, the resolution said.
The meeting demanded the societies to regularise the services of all the workers employed on daily wages and provide them time bound wages.
Pension scheme
The workers of the handloom weavers' cooperative societies should be brought under the pension scheme, the meeting also pleaded.
Yet another resolution adopted at the meeting urged the government to hike the pension provided to the workers who had crossed 60 years from the present Rs. 1,000 to Rs. 2,000.
The government should come forward to allot green houses, free power supply, health insurance scheme etc to the handloom weaver society employees too.
