Contract workers of MMC&RI launch protest over ‘unpaid wages’

Contract workers of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute staging a protest in front of the institute’s administrative building on Monday demanding immediate release of ‘pending wages’ and an end to the alleged harassment of the workers. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The contract workers of Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) launched a protest in front of the institute’s administrative building on Monday demanding immediate release of “pending wages” and an end to the alleged harassment of the workers.The workers, who had gathered under the aegis of the MMC&RI Contract Workers’ Union affiliated with All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), alleged that their wages for three months were kept pending while their “self-proclaimed” supervisors were subjecting the