Civic workers protest wage delay

June 15, 2017 08:40 am | Updated 08:41 am IST - Coimbatore

Conservancy workers engaged on contract staging a protest at the Corporation main office in Town Hall on Wednesday.

Conservancy workers engaged on contract staging a protest at the Corporation main office in Town Hall on Wednesday.

Around 100 conservancy workers engaged on contract by the civic body staged a protest on Wednesday complaining that the contractor, their employer, who the Corporation had engaged had not paid their wages for May.

After waiting for their employer to pay the wages by the third, fifth and seventh of this month, they were left with no choice but to take to the streets, said worker S. Murugesan. The workers, who did not enjoy quarters like those who were on the Corporation’s rolls, had to pay house rent, children’s school fee and take care of household expenses.

It was not an one-off instance as the delay in wage disbursement took place for the last couple of months. They wanted the Corporation to instruct their employers to pay the wages at the earliest.

Of the more than 400 workers, the Corporation engaged 2,000 to 2,200 workers on contract.

Corporation officials said they had instructed the contractors to pay the wages and they had agreed to disburse those at once.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.