Lady Hardinge Medical College staff stage protest over non-payment of salaries
New Delhi: Contractual workers of the Centre-run Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) on Friday protested at the hospital's gate against non-payment of salaries in the last two months.
About 70 workers raised slogans against the hospital management on various issues, including their pending salaries.
The employees of Lady Hardinge had recently returned to work following an order from the Delhi High Court. The contractual workers were allegedly terminated earlier.
"Even during the pandemic, the attitude of both the Centre and the state government regarding the salaries and security of the employees in many hospitals in Delhi has not been right," said a statement by the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), which also took part in the protest.
The workers alleged that they have not received their salaries for months.
"During the lockdown, we were asked not to come and for two months we didn't receive any salary. But even after we joined back and started working in covid wards, we didn't receive any salary. So we had to raise our voice," said Sudha, one of the protesters.
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