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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
14 May 2021
India: Striking health workers in Punjab sacked
Around 1,400 striking National Health Mission (NHM) workers, including staff nurses, medical officers, homeopathy Ayurveda doctors and ministerial staff, were sacked by the Punjab government on May 10 for refusing to end their week-long strike.
About 3,000 NHM workers walked out on strike to demand higher wages and permanent jobs. The sacked workers, who were fired through the draconian Disaster Management Act, were from seven districts in Punjab.
Last September over 30,000 NHM contract workers held a national stoppage over the same demands. Although many have had ten years’ service, they are paid meagre salaries and are denied entitlements available to regular government employees.
The Electrical Trades Union is seeking a 3-per cent increase.
Management has offered a 2-per cent rise.
“We’re just asking TransGrid to come to the table and genuinely negotiate with us. And the wage increase should be reflective of what’s in the industry and what the workers are doing to contribute to the success that TransGrid are having,” says union representative, Allen Hicks.
The union will travel to all regional offices this week, before taking its offer to TransGrid.
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