The sanitation workers of Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) have decided to oppose the civic body’s decision to appoint such workers through outsourcing. Notably, the decision was taken at the board meeting held on Thursday. The members of the sanitation workers’ union said that the move was unjustified. “We would fight it to the last,” they warned.
Speaking on the matter, a member of the body and councillor of ward number 24 Shivaji Marg Vishal said, “Our workers have been working in MCD for many years. They have spent half of their life working for the civic body. This despite the fact they are not even regular employees. Their salary was raised only after we staged a vehement protest for nearly 12 days.”
He further said, “Our only demand is that no sanitation worker should be appointed through outsourcing. We presented our opinion at the board meeting as well and many councillors agreed. The officials, however, said that many of the workers are skipping duty. We have suggested that the councillors should be made the in- charges of the sanitation workers. This would ensure the presence of the sanitation workers in their assigned areas. However, we would not agree to such workers being recruited through outsourcing.”
