A meeting of the Brahmapur Medical Class-IV Employees’ Union was held here to felicitate 115 Class-IV retired employees. Association State secretary Prabhakar Pallai presided.
While former Union Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu graced the occasion as chief guest, RDC (Southern Division) Bikas Mahapatra inaugurated the meeting. local MlA and advisor Dr Ramesh Chandra Cyau Pattnaik was the chief speaker and former MlA and veteran trade union leader Tarini Pattnaik was the guest of honour.
Among others, MKCG Medical College Principal Prof AK Dandpat, Superintendent Prof Ashoak Kumar Behera, administrative officer (Dr) Jyotirmayee Pradhan, BMC Corporators Mamata Patra, M Meenakshi, Rabi Rath, Pradip Kumar Behera, Padmacharan Nayak, Ghana Nayak, lalmohan Behera, Neelamadhav Gouda, Kesab Nayak, N Krishna Rao and a galaxy of trade union leaders and political functionaries attended.
Sukant Mukhi read out the annual report and demanded payment of salary to retrenched employees and application of EPF/ESI (health insurance) to them as per the Government directives. He alleged that in spite of the Government provision, the Class-IV employees are being deprived of promotion.
later, the association submitted a charter of demands to the administrative officer of the college which, among other things, include reinstatement of 63 retrenched employees, payment of dress allowance to class-IV employees, issue of identity card, repair and renovation of Government quarters, payment of salary to the ward managers working in two private organisations by 5th of every month, issue of token system for the employees to park their motor bikes and cycle stand in college.