Agreement signed revising salary and service conditions of plantation workers

The Estate Staff Union of South India (ESUSI) has signed a bilateral agreement with the United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) recently at Coonoor, revising salary and service conditions of staff working in the plantations of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala for three years from January 1, 2017.

The revised salaries will ensure that workers will obtain a 23.5 % increase in their salary and this was the 20th wage revision settlement with UPASI, with the first being in 1947, a press release from ESUSI read.

“The DA is revised to Rs. 32 per point from Rs. 28. The pay scale is revised, a probationer will get Rs. 10,750 as starting salary, [revised] from Rs. 7,300.

The daily bata is revised for half day to Rs. 200 from Rs. 100, for full day Rs. 500 from Rs. 200 and for full day involving night stay Rs. 1,200 from Rs. 500. Leave Travelling Concession from Rs. 1,750 to Rs. 2,500, and Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 3,000 while annual travelling allowance will increase to Rs. 5 from Rs. 2,” the press release read.

The agreement was signed by D Vinodh Sivappa, President of UPASI, TT Jeyaram, Vice President of UPASI, Ullas Menon, Secretary General of UPASI and eight management persons representing Association of Kerala, Karnataka Planters’ Association and Planters Association of Tamil Nadu which are constituents of UPASI.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Tamil Nadu / by Staff Reporter / Udhagamandalam – June 27th, 2017