Greater Visakhapatnam municipal body’s contract workers stage protest
The Hindu
Warn of taking up more protests in the coming days
Members of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Contract Workers Union staged a protest before the District Collector’s Office, demanding to resolve their long-pending issues, in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Raising slogans against Andhra Pradesh Government, the members said that despite repeated appeals, it had been ignoring their demands and warned that they might further strengthen their protests in the coming days.
The protestors said that GVMC municipal contract workers have been rendering services in the public health department, malaria, UGD, water supply and several other wings, despite the COVID-19 situation, but when it comes to resolving their issues, the Government neglects their demands.
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