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UNI MEI affiliate ARTEE and the Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti (SSS), a joint platform of ARTEE, ADTEA and PSA, are campaigning to ensure equal treatment of workers and fair working conditions at All India Radio & Doordarshan. ARTEE and the SSS have presented an eight-point charter of demands, which includes issues such as equal pay to workers within a professional group but also between certain professional groups and demands to stop outsourcing at All India Radio & Doordarshan. ARTEE and the SSS also demand that the government stop any plans to withdraw an agreement from 1999 which is the basis of salaries and benefits at All India Radio & Doordarshan.



They have discussed the eight-point charter of demands with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, but this has not lead to action by the government. ARTEE and the SSS organised relay hunger protests around India from 19 to 21 July and will implement a boycott of duties for 24 hours starting on 9 August, which may be converted to an indefinite action if demands are not met.



UNI MEI supports ARTEE and the SSS in their demands for action and in their boycott of duties. We urge the Indian government to take immediate action to ensure workers the rights demanded by ARTEE and the SSS in their eight-point charter.