May Day is just any other day for workers in Hyderabad
The Hindu
May Day is just any other day for workers in Hyderabad
The early morning sun slants into the eyes of Hussain at Langar Houz labour adda as he scans the road in front of him for someone to hire him for the day.
Hussain is a day-labourer-for-hire who gets ₹900 if he gets lucky and is hired. “I am here by 7 a.m. and I usually get hired by 10 a.m. After that it becomes difficult. We take a lunch break between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.,” says Hussain who hails from Kodangal and stays in the neighbourhood.
Near the Fateh Darwaza of Golconda Fort, another batch of labourers await their fate for the day. The Indian Federation of Trade Unions has a function to mark the May Day. A group of workers stand around a flagpole and raise May Day slogans and about labour unity.
“When people hire workers they want their work to be done quickly. They don’t care about the heat or cold. If they get lucky they get work where it is shaded. Otherwise, they have no choice,” says T. Narayana, secretary of IFTU before he gets into an autorickshaw as he has to rush to 12 labour adda May Day functions.
Other workers relate the same experience of a one hour lunch break for wages ranging between ₹700 for women labourers to ₹900 for male workers and ₹1,200 for skilled workers. As the day temperatures top 45 degrees Celsius in most parts of the State, the workers have no choice but to work through the day.
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