Over 500 NHM staff on indefinite strike demanding equal pay for equal work
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Chandigarh: Over 500 National Health Mission (NHM) employees working under the Chandigarh health department went on an indefinite strike to press for their demand of getting equal pay for equal work.
A mass protest at Government Multi-speciality Hospital-16 was held on Tuesday, wherein, the protestors pointed out that they have been working under a significantly lower pay scale for years.
The protesting employees initially planned a two-day-long agitation and later gave an ultimatum to the director, health services, and other higher authorities of the Chandigarh administration about prolonging the strike.
As per recent media accounts, all paramedical and managerial employees of NHM including a nursing officer, pharmacy officer, ANM, lab technician, dental technician and other class IV employees participated in the protest. The employees went on a six-hour-long strike and marched from the OPD to the emergency department and they raised the issue about the discrimination of wages with NHM employees.
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