A war-like situation prevailed in the industrial area on Friday when police fired tear gas shells and lathicharged hundreds of workers who were demanding minimum wages and regularisation of their services in Dr Reddy's LaboratoriesThe contract employees of the plant have been staging protests for the last 84 days demanding better wages. On Friday, they also gave a call for Srikakulam bandh under the aegis of Centre for Indian Trade Union.
The agitators called for a bandh in Pydibimavaram industrial unit (PIU) on Friday in protest against DRL's 'apathy' to solve their long-pending problems. The trouble began when the workers pelted stones on a bus carrying the staff of another pharma company. Upon seeing the bus plying with police protection, the workers got furious and resorted to violence.
Most of the employees at the unit have been working with the company for the last 15 years and their wages have been an issue for some time now. The company is violating certain government orders on equal wages for equal work. The contract workers are being paid lesser wages compared with the permanent employees,' alleged Govinda Rao, a labour union leader.
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