Sanitation workers in Dharmapuri go on strike demanding minimum wages
Sanitation workers in Dharmapuri, India, organized a strike to demand minimum wages, job permanence, and improved safety conditions. The workers, supported by the CITU, are calling for the reversal of outsourcing policies and the implementation of court-ordered wage standards.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing labor rights struggles in the public sector and the tension between government outsourcing and worker welfare.
The Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Local Body Administration Workers’ Association, affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), led the sanitation workers in Dharmapuri on a day-long strike on Monday, demanding minimum wages and job permanence.
Their demands included medical leave, surrender and encashment of leave for permanent workers, immediate job permanence for contractual workers, salary credited on the first of the month, double wages for work on government holidays, identity cards, respectful treatment of workers and provision of safety gear.
The association also demanded annual health checks for workers, group insurance, ESI, TAHDCO loans, accident insurance. The protesters also demanded that the government reverse its outsourcing of conservancy works to contractors.
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