Mid-Day Meal workers threaten stir
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 15 2024:
Aggrieved by the Govt's failure to raise their honorarium and release their due honorarium for over one year, Mid-Day Meal workers have threatened to launch a cease work strike from June 25 .
Speaking to media persons a Manipur Press Club here this afternoon, All Manipur Mid-Day Meal Workers' Union (AMMWU) general secretary Arambam Thoi said that Mid-Day Meal Workers in Manipur used to get monthly honorarium of Rs 1500 after the State Govt added Rs 500 to Rs 1000 given by the Central Govt.However, the monthly honorarium was slashed to just Rs 1000 after some time.
The State Govt has not been releasing this meagre sum since September 2023, Thoi said.
Although the State Govt has been paying special attention to Govt schools including primary and upper primary schools under its School Fagathansi Mission, it has been marginalising the Mid-Day Meal workers, she lamented.
If the Govt does not raise and release the due honorarium by June 24, the workers would stop cooking mid-day meals from the next day, she added.