Amid protests over delay in salaries of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) mess and sanitation workers, the university administration on May 7 announced on its official Twitter handle that it had not fired any staff. The administration also made other important announcements such as regarding maternity leave and shop license.
The university tweeted saying,
While there were rumors that mess employees have been expelled because of their protest, in another tweet, the university said,
JNU VC and his administration have not removed any worker. All mess workers are being kept. The Dean of Students Welfare has been asked to submit a detailed report. @EduMinOfIndia @ajaydubey— Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) (@JNU_official_50) 6 May 2022
The employees on Thursday staged a sit-in at the office of the Dean of Students to protest against non-payment of salary for three consecutive months. The workers allege that due to non-payment of payment to the main vendor, they have been deprived of their salary. He said the new structure of work suggested by the JNU administration gives him only three days’ work.
Meanwhile, JNUTA on Saturday expressed concern over the ongoing strike by the Safai Karamcharis in the university and urged the administration to resolve their problems immediately and accede to their “reasonable demands”.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) in a statement argued that “discriminatory and illegal treatment” of contract workers has worsened and that no serious effort has been made by the administration to resolve the ongoing crisis. JNUTA said it was concerned to see that “inhuman treatment” continues unabated under the new administration. “The refusal to accede to the workers’ reasonable demands also shows extreme apathy, as it targets the same workers who selflessly served the residents of the premises by risking their lives and health, when the pandemic was at its deadliest. was in time. Summer months of 2021,” read the statement signed by JNUTA President Bishnupriya Dutt and Secretary Sucharita Sen.
JNUTA also accused the JNU administration of being “disproportionate” as the contract workers have been paid at unbearably irregular intervals over the years. are paid by 7th of every month, JNU Administration appears to be unconcerned about such willful negligence by the contractor,” the statement said. JNUTA also informed that workers during the lockdown period from 2020 There has been a drastic reduction in the number of
The association claimed that the current number of workers engaged in garbage collection and disposal work has been reduced from 42 at the beginning of 2020 to around 30 currently. “However, even after the reopening of the premises, the number of workers, both for cleaning and mess workers, has not been increased commensurate with the total workload. “There are reports of further layoffs of mess and sanitation workers in hostels while they are reaching their full potential,” the association said. JNUTA also strongly condemned the ‘out-of-bounds’ order issued against Dr Sucheta Dey, former JNUSU President and current National Vice President of ACTU.
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