CITU demands ₹26,000 minimum wage at Visakhapatnam rally

CITU activists and workers take out a rally from Saraswathi Park to the Collectorate in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. | Photo Credit: KR DEEPAK The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Thursday organised a protest rally in Visakhapatnam as part of a State-wide ‘Chalo Collectorate’ programme demanding that the Andhra Pradesh government implement a minimum monthly wage of ₹26,000 for workers employed in scheduled industries and in contract and outsourcing jobs.The rally, taken out from Saraswathi Park to the Collectorate, culminated in a protest meeting addressed by CITU State president Ch. Narsing Rao. He alleged that minimum wages in several scheduled industries, including small-scale industries, shops, shopping malls, private educational institutions, hospitals and petrol bunks, had not b