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Express Tribune
10-06-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Sanitary workers demand additional salary
Workers of Lahore Waste Management Company busy in removing the garbage as Punjab government launched modern and organized system of cleanliness in the Provincial Capital City with the collaboration of Turk companies. PHOTO: APP At least 11,687 workers of Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC) who collected 20,000 tons of garbage from 22 tehsils of Rawalpindi Division during the three days of Eidul Azha have demanded a full additional salary instead of accepting Rs 10,000 each as honoraria for their services like the last three years. The RWMC Labour Union (CBA) has demanded an additional salary instead of Rs10,000 as a reward for the company's employees in Rawalpindi in a letter addressed to Punjab Chief Minister. CBA Union President Raja Haroon Rasheed says that the workers have established an exemplary cleaning system for three days in the scorching heat, giving Rawalpindi an edge in this regard. The President of the CBA Union has said in a letter to the Chief Minister of Punjab that you have announced a reward of Rs10,000 to motivate the employees of the Waste Management Company.
Express Tribune
12-05-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
Municipal union presents charter of demands
The CBA Union of Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation employees has presented a 36-point charter of demands to the municipal and district administrations, addressing issues faced by workers of both the municipal morporation and the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company. The move came immediately after the union's oath-taking ceremony, with a call for formal negotiations. 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.
