Contract hostel workers stage protest demanding minimum wages, pending salaries

Members of the Karnataka State Government Hostels’ and Residential Schools’ Contract Workers’ Association staged a protest outside the Zilla Panchayat office in Kalaburagi city on Thursday, demanding immediate implementation of government-notified minimum wages for contract employees working in hostels and residential

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar The Cross River State Government has defended its ongoing payroll sanitisation exercise, dismissing Wednesday’s protest by persons claiming to be unpaid local government workers as an attempt to pressure the government into recognising appointments that did not follow due process. The Commiss

Cross River local government workers protest 11 months of unpaid salaries, urging Governor Bassey Otu to approve their enrolment on the state payroll.

Newly employed local government workers in Cross River protested 11 months of unpaid salaries, alleging severe hardship and deaths among colleagues, while urging Governor Bassey Otu to approve their payroll. The state government promised action within two weeks.