Factory workers staged protests on the second day in Faridabad alleging that factory managements had not issued any notification on the minimum wage hike announced by the Haryana government last week.
According to the police, on Tuesday, the police detained 23 protesters who were trying to block the road outside the Motherson Company under the Sarai Khawaja police station. On Monday, they had also blocked the Delhi-Agra National Highway passing through Prithla village in Palwal. In Sarai Khwaja, people also sat on the road in front of the company. This left other working people stranded for hours in the morning traffic jam. An FIR was registered against unknown protesters at the Sarai Khawaja police station on Tuesday.
Around 1,000 morning shift employees of the Motherson Company in Sarai Khwaja area started protesting outside the company around 8:00 am on Tuesday. Most of them blocked the service road of the Delhi-Agra Highway.
“They are not being paid the government-mandated salary. They are being made to work 16 hours a day. The company’s food facilities are inadequate. They are being paid only Rs 11,000 but in this era of inflation, it is becoming difficult to survive on such a low salary. When we were protesting, the police forcibly chased us away with lathi charge.” the protesters said.
Officials said the protests occurred due to a communication gap between workers and company management and rumours. They directed all industries to communicate to workers that the wage hike under the government notification will be effective April 1.
“After getting information, our team reached the spot after convincing the employees, they were removed from the road by 2:00 pm. We detained 23 protesters and preventive action was taken against them. An FIR was also registered against the protesters and we are trying to identify them to nab them,” said inspector Rakesh Kumar, SHO of the Sarai Khawaja police station.
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