ASHAs in Kerala ‘elated’ by honorarium hike
The UDF government in Kerala has announced an increase in the honorarium for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) by ₹3,000. This decision follows a prolonged strike by ASHAs advocating for fair wages and retirement benefits. The increase brings their monthly honorarium to ₹12,000, marking a significant victory for the workers' movement.
- ▪The ASHAs had conducted a 266-day strike seeking fair wages and retirement benefits.
- ▪Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan promised to address their honorarium in the first Cabinet meeting after coming to power.
- ▪The honorarium increase is seen as a victory for all democratic workers' movements.
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The decisions of the first Cabinet meeting of the UDF government was much-awaited, especially by the Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), the Health department’s grassroots-level health volunteers, who had pinned all their hopes on the promise that Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan had given them a year ago, when he was the Leader of the Opposition.The ASHAs had waged a 266-day day-and-night strike in front of the Secretariat, braving elements, seeking fair wages and retirement benefits. The strike by women workers had struck a chord with the civil society but after the initial attempts to placate them failed, the LDF government did not invested much in resolving their issues.Mr.
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