SIPCOT contract workers seek salary hike based on experience
The Hindu
SIPCOT contract workers demand salary increases based on experience during a petition to the District Revenue Officer in Tirunelveli.
Seeking a salary hike, a group of contract workers of Gangaikondan SIPCOT Industrial Growth Centre submitted a petition to District Revenue Officer M. Durai during the weekly grievances redressal meet held at the Collectorate here on Monday.
The petitioners, who have been engaged as contract labourers at the centre since 2020, said they worked eight to 10 hours a day and received a salary hike of ₹1,000 in 2025. While salary for contract workers at SIPCOT’s headquarters in Chennai is being fixed based on their experience, a similar norm has not been applied for them.
Hence, the workers, who were drawing a salary of ₹10,144 since 2020, now get ₹11,144, and divers and security guards ₹14,877 after the meagre hike. At the same time, greenery supervisors and mazdoors recruited through a private manpower agency are being given a monthly salary of ₹22,460 and ₹21,097 respectively.
“Since the salary being given to us is not sufficient to run the family due to inflation, the SIPCOT management should give us a salary hike based on our experience,” the petitioners said.
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