Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Demanding pay, perks on a par with civil servants, VDC employees announce stir

Kathmandu, December 14. Village Development Committee Employees’ Association has announced a movement seeking pay and perks on a par with other civil servants.
It announced the first phase of its movement at a press conference at the Reporters’ Club in Kathmandu, on Monday. On the occasion, the association informed that VDC employees will organise regional gatherings in all five development regions on December 20, work by wearing black armbands on December 21-22, close all VDC offices of Lalitpur district onDecember 23, stage pen-downs in all VDC offices of the country on December 23-25 and enforce an indefinite closure of local bodies from December 26.
If our demands go unheard in the first phase, we will launch a decisive movement by holding the association’s central committee meeting on December 29, association President Bikram Maharjan warned.
The association’s demands include pay and perks for VDC employees on a par with civil servants, 50 per cent hike in VDC grant, implementation of past agreements and record keeping of VDC employees at the archives section of the civil servants. It has also demanded that the line ministry concerned (Local Development Ministry) institute an employee welfare fund for VDC employees.

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