AP CM To Meet Employee, Teacher Unions Over PRC, DA Dues
Talks to focus on pay panel, DA arrears and other long-pending employee demands
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will meet leaders of employee and teacher unions on Saturday to discuss their long-pending demands, including constitution of the Pay Revision Commission (PRC) and payment of pending dues.
The meeting will be held at the CM’s Camp Office with representatives of employee and teachers’ associations affiliated to the Joint Staff Council.
The discussions are expected to focus on appointment of the PRC and payment of pending PRC-related dues and Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears.
Officials are also likely to brief the CM on the financial implications of the pending commitments and the steps required for their implementation.
Meanwhile, AP JAC Amaravati welcomed the government’s decision to invite employee associations for talks on their long-pending economic and non-economic demands, describing it as the “first victory” of its agitation.
AP JAC Amaravati chairman Bopparaju Venkateswarlu, secretary-general Palisetti Damodara Rao, associate chairman T.V. Phaniperr Raju, treasurer Timmisarthi Nageswara Rao, women’s wing chairperson P. Lakshmi and secretary-general Ponnuru Vijayalakshmi said employees across the state had extended united support to the agitation.
The “Demands Day” protests during the lunch break on Saturday, September 5, will be held as announced. District units have been asked to organise protests at all district collectorates and RDO offices.
The JAC said employees’ primary expectation was the settlement of their financial demands. It sought immediate appointment of a pay revision commission with a short timeframe, interim relief in view of the delay, release of pending dearness allowances and restoration of additional pension for retired employees.
The JAC also sought welfare schemes for outsourcing employees, resolution of Employees Health Scheme (EHS) issues and problems faced by village and ward secretariat employees. It demanded special service rules for municipal corporation employees, which it said were yet to have proper service rules.