Chalo Vijayawada: AP employees stage protest over pay revision

The unions have been staging protests for the last couple of weeks, demanding scrapping of a Government Order (GO) by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government, fixing new pay scales as per a pay revision announced last month.

Several government employees and teachers marched on the streets of Vijayawada in protest against a government decision to recent pay revision. Agitating employees and teachers marched on the BRTS road from across Andhra Pradesh and undertook the  ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ rally, demanding that the government immediately withdraw the “dark orders” related to pay revision.

“This is a historic struggle. Lakhs of employees are behind us. Even the police are behind us,” the Pay Revision Commission Struggle Committee leaders said, addressing the large gathering. They also rejected the ruling YSR Congress’ claim that vested interests were behind the employees’ agitation.

“This government should realize what the power of employees is. Once we go on indefinite strike from February 7, the government will only be responsible for any inconvenience caused to people,” the Struggle Committee leaders said, as reported by Indian express. The committee leaders further informed that the staff of the electricity department and the State Road Transport Corporation too will be joining the indefinite strike.

For the past few days, the AP government employees, teachers and pensioners are strongly opposing the recent pay revision, saying it was detrimental to their interests. Rather than a hike, the salary revision orders only resulted in pay cuts to all, they said.

From February 5, the employees would adopt “non-cooperation”, ahead of the indefinite strike from midnight of February 6, they added.

The unions have been staging protests for the last couple of weeks, demanding scrapping of a Government Order (GO) by the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government, fixing new pay scales as per a pay revision announced last month. They have alleged that implementation of the new pay scale will result in a downward revision in their salaries.

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