Film Workers reject selective wage hike plan

Film Workers reject selective wage hike plan.Fim Industries Workers Association and Producers Council are trying to resolve the wage hike issue amicably holding talks.

However according to the latest, Film Workers rejected their proposed selective wage hike plan. Federation president Anil Vallabhaneni said “Our talks have failed, and we reject their new proposal for a gradual wage hike,” he added  “During discussions, producers initially assured us they would look into our wage hike demand, but later they changed their stand and offered hikes to only 13 unions out of 24. This is clearly meant to break our unity, and our members find it totally unacceptable.”

He added “We were open to lowering our percentage demand, but they chose to raise wages for some unions while leaving out others. This is unacceptable,” He continued “They never mentioned a gradual hike during our meeting, but later announced different slabs we were not aware of. Our demands remains the same — treat all 10,000 daily wage workers equally, instead of creating divisions for their convenience.”

He added “We told them such wages could be decided mutually in agreements, but they refused to discuss them,” He clarified “We have no intention to shut down the industry. We only sought a 30% hike and were even ready to negotiate for less, but the producers’ tactics are aimed at breaking our unity. We are fighting for the livelihood of 10,000 workers, and it is with a heavy heart that we are not attending work,”

The plan proposed by the Producers Guild stood nullified. They proposed a “gradual hike formula.” Under this plan, workers earning less than ₹2,000 per day would receive a 15% increase in Year 1 and 5% each in second and third years. For those earning less than ₹1,000 per day, the proposal was a 20% increase in Year 1 and 5% in second and third year.