Govt may form review body on 6th Wage Board

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The government will actively consider forming a review committee for reappraisal of the just-declared 6th Wage Board Award for the media industry, if there be an application on behalf of journalists, press workers or employees, reports UNB.
"If any application is found, then the review committee will be formed comprising newspaper owners, journalists, press workers and other staff members," said an official handout Thursday, in the wake of protests against some provisions for the pay package.
The government announced 6th Wage Board Award for journalists, press workers and employees on December 6 with new scales for their salary and other benefits.
But Sangbadik-Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP) has already rejected the Wage Board Award and observed four-hour work abstention on Wednesday, demanding its immediate revision.
Addressing a gathering in front of the National Press Club, the Parishad leaders also urged the government to accept the demands by December 16, failing which SSKOP would go for work abstention and wear black badge, form human chain on the street from December 17. They also threatened to launch a "greater movement".