Municipal union presents charter of demands
Among the demands are proposals to send Muslim employees on Hajj and Umrah at government expense and arrange pilgrimages to Mariamabad for Christian staff.
The union also called for the elimination of non-core duties such as line duties, polio campaigns, handling beggars, and VIP protocol assignments.
The document, issued by union president Raja Haroon Rasheed and General Secretary Shahid Raza Padri, includes 15 demands specific to Municipal Corporation employees.
These include job security, preservation of employee dignity, transport and expense provisions for religious pilgrimages, seasonal uniforms for B&R staff, and compensation for extra duty hours.
Other key points include resolving issues of government housing, constructing new residential flats, ensuring timely promotions based on seniority, providing motorbikes and fuel for field staff, ensuring police and guard presence during operations, and reclaiming encroached land in Jhanda Chichi for development of a housing society.
The union also demanded reconstruction of the Christian Colony in Arya Mohalla.
The 21-point charter for Waste Management Company employees calls for protection of low-paid sanitary workers' wages, counting four consecutive absences as official leave, timely notice and clearance for retirements, and linking all workers to social security.
Additional requests include quarterly medical checkups, a dispensary at the municipal auto workshop, provision of an ambulance and funeral bus, and budget allocations for building repairs and pension funds.
The union further demanded the abolition of the skills company and merging its employees into RWMC, regularisation of daily wagers, and allocations for housing loans.
It also called for the establishment of sector-wise chief officers' offices and increasing motorcycle fuel allowance for supervisors from 50 to 100 litres.
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