Madikeri, Dec. 11: The Karnataka State Port Workers Federation Kodagu District Committee has demanded that the various demands of port workers, including job security and social security, be met.
The leaders and office bearers of the committee, who submitted a petition to the government through Additional Deputy Commissioner R. Aishwarya, urged the government to take the initiative to fulfill the demands of the port workers. Speaking on the occasion, the district president of the committee, P.R. Bharat, said that those who perform loading and unloading work in BPMC, mill godown warehouses, urban and rural bazaars, bus stands, railway stations, and ports are the most laborious among the unorganized workers. The Karnataka State Government has implemented some schemes to provide compensation only to accident-related compensation to unorganized workers in more than 85 sectors, including port workers who have received Ambedkar Sahay Hasta Smart, the Unorganized Workers Social Security Board. But the government has not specifically provided any financial assistance, he said.
A separate welfare board should be formed to provide job security and social security to the loading and unloading workers of the state, along with the facilities being implemented for the workers, a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh should be given for natural death, the amount of funeral compensation should be increased to Rs. 25 thousand, the ``Karnataka Unorganized Workers Provident Fund Scheme'' (West Bengal model) should be implemented for unorganized workers including porters, a suitable pension scheme should be implemented, the medical reimbursement scheme should be continued, 2 equal salaries should be given every year, steps should be taken to ensure the implementation of labor laws, minimum wages should be implemented for all categories of porters and the minimum wage should be revised immediately, and a housing scheme should be implemented. They demanded that social security facilities be implemented for unorganized workers who have received the e-Shram Card of the Central Government. Vice Presidents A.K. Sulaiman, R.N. Raju, A. Gopi, Pramukh Raju, H.R. Kavan Kumar He was present at the time of the appeal.
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