The cleaning staff of SMS hospital, a trust-run facility in Ahmedabad, which has been turned into a COVID-19-hospital by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, has been on strike since June 29. About 80 class four workers decided to go on strike after multiple requests from them to fulfil basic amenities were not met.
“Since the hospital has been turned into COVID-19 hospital, we have been working a 12-hour shift instead of our usual eight-hour shifts, but our salary was not increased; we continue to be paid Rs 250 a day. Since March, we have spoken to the authorities on multiple occasions and even submitted our demands in writing as asked by the authorities, but in vain. []–They should at least pay us for the extra hours put in by us over the past four months,” said Bipinbhai Parmar, a worker of SMS hospital, who has been on strike.
— source newsclick.in | 09 Jul 2020