Sanitation workers want salaries

PESHAWAR: All Municipal Workers Union WSSP held a protest demonstration at the office of the Mayor Capital Metropolitan Government Peshawar.

The protest was led by Chairman Riaz Khan and General Secretary Abid Sohail which was attended by municipal inspectors, sanitary supervisors, water supply staff and tube well operators and other staff.

The protesters said that they were not getting salaries regularly due to the negligence of the company management. They said that special person allowance was not being paid for three months. The proteters said that the company cadre employees were mot paid Rs32,000 for three months.

They said that the 16 percent increments were not paid for three months while the 35 percent raise and weather advance was pending. The protesters said that the Eidul Azha overtime, food allowance, Muharram overtime and tube-well operators overtime had been pending for eight months.

They demanded payment of salaries on the first of every month and clear all the pending payment to all employees. The protesters said that their salary file was at the table of secretary finance for the last ten days waiting for his signature.