Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad calls a strike on November 27

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Pay Revision Commission' and the Government Orders (68 and 43).

This group of strike workers at the hospital consists of over 450 members working in twin cities from the Gandhi Hospital Outsourcing Servicing and Sanitation Central Workers Struggle Committee affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress (AICTU) and Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU).

The general secretary of the AICTU Greater Hyderabad Zone, A Narasimhulu and the president of CITU Hyderabad zone, T Venkatesh said that their efforts and representations given to the concerned authorities and to the government for the past two years have gone in vain. The outsourced staff continues to suffer with low wages and unsecured employment, as reported by a local newspaper.

B Megha Mala, B Prameela, B Indira, D Upendra, Madhu Lata from Nursing, Laxmipathi from IV class employees union, Shivaji from Security Guards and S Kistamma from Sanitation attended the conference.