WEDNESDAY,
16 MAY 2012 22:49
SUDHIR
MISHRA | BALANGIR
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There have been innumerable complaints by hundreds of migrant
labourers that they are being tortured and exploited by brick kiln owners in
outside States.
They alleged that they
are denied of minimum wage and forced to work for long hours.
However, their ordeal
seems to be heading for an end following the fixing of a minimum wage rate
after a three-day strike by the Odia migrant labourers in the brick kilns in
March this year. Not only was their wage fixed but they are also going to get a
displacement allowance as per the provisions of Inter State Migrants Act, 1979.
In a landmark and the
first-ever agreement between the brick kiln owners and Andhra Pradesh
Government in the presence of representatives of the migrant labour union in AP
on May 10 last, a minimum labour wage was fixed along with an allowance for
displacement.
Attended by Human Rights
Forum of AP president S Jeevan Kumar, brick kiln owners’ representatives,
Deputy Commissioner of Labour, among others, the meet discussed the wage of the
migrant labourers and fixed a wage effective from April 1 last.
According to the
agreement, Rs282 will be paid for making of 1, 000 bricks and in every six
month, there will be a pay hike called Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA).
However, for those who
have produced bricks on or before March 31, 2012, they shall be paid Rs273.90
for 1,000 bricks. The brick loaders shall be paid Rs187.90 (before
April 1) and Rs196 (after
April 1) for carrying of the bricks to the furnace. Moreover, each worker is
entitled to get Rs2, 115 as displacement allowance in accordance with the Inter
State Migrants Workmen Act, 1979, in addition to the wage.
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