Tirupur: Sanitary workers of Tirupur corporation staged a protest on Wednesday alleging that they were yet to get salaries for September.
Around 100 sanitary workers sat inside the corporation office in Tirupur pressing their demands. The workers demanded that they wanted the salaries to be paid before the tenth of every month. Now that Diwali was approaching they sought Diwali bonus as well.
These sanitary workers were roped in on a contract basis. It was not the first time that their pay was being delayed, a sanitary worker said. In June too, they staged a protest as their wages for the months of April and May were not paid. Most of these workers were women, who are the breadwinners of the family.
The workers said that they were working hard for the past six months despite the threat of contracting the virus.